- It took 14 years and 400 workers to build Mount Rushmore
- It cost one million dollars to build the sculpture
- The sculpture is 5,500 feet above sea level and each face is 60 feet long
- George Washington was chosen because he was the one who led the nation to democracy; Thomas Jefferson, because he authored the Declaration of Independence; Abraham Lincoln because he brought to an end slavery in the U.S.; and Theodore Roosevelt, who was chosen by Borglum himself, because he was the one who advanced the cause of the construction of the Panama Canal as well as promoted the causes of conservation and business.
- The entire National Memorial lies on 1,278 acres and over two million people visit the site each year
How many people visit Mount Rushmore each year?
| 2,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 1,000,000 |