Rushmore
Granite faces landmark
Mount Rushmore is a massive sculpture carved into a granite cliff in the Black Hills of South Dakota, depicting the faces of four U.S. presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.
The name often stands for monumental achievement or lasting recognition: She deserves a place on the Mount Rushmore of jazz pianists.
The construction is common in sports and entertainment debates about the four greatest figures in a field.
U.S. seat of government
- JeffersonThird American president
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- democracyRule by the people
- republicState with elected leaders
leadership · portraits · faces · Monticello · emancipation · Constitution · executive · statesmanship
Thing preserving remembrance
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- KeystonePennsylvania's informal name
- colossalExtremely large in scale
dynamite · jackhammer · dedication · 1941 · faces · stonework · blasting · drillers
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- feldsparSilicate mineral group
- micaLayered silicate mineral
- erosionGradual wearing away
outcrop · batholith · Precambrian · weathering · fractures · seams · mountain · igneous
Leisure travel sector
- attractionPull toward something
- sightseeingVisiting places of interest
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- viewpointWay of seeing things
heritage · overlook · destination · Americana · symbol · patriotism · iconic
Shaping by cutting away
- chiselEdged carving implement
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
- stonecraftWorking rock by hand
artistry · maquette · finishing · honeycomb · features · likenesses · profiles · faces
Western Sioux people
- SiouxPlains Indigenous nation
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
Washington
U.S. seat of government
republic · leadership · portraits · faces · Monticello · emancipation · Constitution · executive · statesmanship · visionaries
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
colossal · dynamite · jackhammer · dedication · 1941 · faces · stonework · blasting · drillers · scaffolding
granite
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
erosion · outcrop · batholith · Precambrian · weathering · fractures · seams · mountain · igneous · crystalline
tourism
Leisure travel sector
- attractionPull toward something
- sightseeingVisiting places of interest
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
viewpoint · heritage · overlook · destination · Americana · symbol · patriotism · iconic
carving
Shaping by cutting away
- chiselEdged carving implement
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
stonecraft · artistry · maquette · finishing · honeycomb · features · likenesses · profiles · faces · portraiture
Lakota
Western Sioux people
- SiouxPlains Indigenous nation
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- American LandmarksStatue of Liberty, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Golden Gate Bridge, Grand Canyon
- Wes AndersonThe Royal Tenenbaums, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr. Fox, symmetry, whimsical
- ComediesThe Hangover, Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters, Blazing Saddles, The Naked Gun
- 1998Titanic, Godzilla, Armageddon, Saving Private Ryan, Google
- DramediesBoJack Horseman, Barry, Atlanta, The Bear, Orange Is the New Black
Rushmoreephemera
Disposables preserved as collectibles
sandcastle · ice sculpture · unmarked grave · obscurity · forgotten ruins
Rushmorenatural formation
Landscape element from nature
Old Faithful · Grand Canyon · Half Dome · El Capitan · untouched wilderness
- Mount RushmoreCarved presidential memorial