Synopsis

This is the remarkable story of Gutzon Borglum’s creation: the world’s largest sculpture, formed by carving the faces of four United States presidents—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln—into the Black Hills of South Dakota. These monumental figures in stone commemorate the first century and a half of American history. The narrative follows the ingenious “swiveled pointer” Borglum incorporated into each president’s likeness, and details how workers, suspe