Mount Rushmore at 75: How did it come to be?

The monument was ‘finished’ in 1941 when the project ran out of money. The man who oversaw its creation was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, writes Jonathan Glancey. Teased, parodied, used and satirised over and again in books, comic strips, theme parks and films, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial is also one of the best loved visitor attractions in the United States and a fondly held image in the minds of people worldwide.
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