The project’s sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, was born just two years after the Civil War to Danish immigrant parents. Unfortunately, had connections with the KKK and shared some of their racist ...
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum selected these presidents for their pivotal roles in American history: Washington for founding the nation, Jefferson for westward expansion, Lincoln for preserving the ...
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