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Mount Rushmore Was Supposed to Look Very Different

Name: Mount Rushmore Was Supposed to Look Very Different
Uploaded: 2017-06-24
Duration: 236936
Description: It took more than 14 years for Mount Rushmore to be completed. During it's construction, unstable stone forced the the sculptor to dynamite Jefferson's original face.

It took more than 14 years for Mount Rushmore to be completed. During it's construction, unstable stone forced the the sculptor to dynamite Jefferson's original face.

Smithsonian magazine | 3:56