BUILDING BY DESIGN ENGINEERING MOUNT RUSHMORE BY KATE CONLEY CONTENT CONSULTANT Melodie Andrews PhD Department of History Minnesota State University Mankato Core Library Cover image Mount Rushmore sits among South Dakota's Black Hills An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
CHAPTER ONE
FINDING MOUNT RUSHMORE Every summer evening at sundown visitors gather in the hills of South Dakota at Mount Rushmore People rise to sing the national anthem Darkness falls on the great stone faces as the sun sets Then a flash of light illuminates the mountain The monument to great American presidents stands in a glowing light The ceremony at Mount Rushmore combines drama and patriotism These are exactly the feelings that sculptor Gutzon Borglum had in mind when he first saw the Sunset at Mount Rushmore can be a dramatic event
