Mount Rushmore
R1 300
23,5cm (9,25in) x 17,5cm (6,9in)
Mount Rushmore – Western South Dakota is home to incredible sights like the Badlands and the Needles of the Black Hills, but nothing “sticks out” quite like Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The presidents were chosen for their significant contribution to the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the country.
• George Washington (1789 – 1797) was chosen because he was our nation’s founding father.
• Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was chosen to represent expansion, because he was the president who signed the Louisiana Purchase and authored the Declaration of Independence.
• Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) was chosen because he represented conservation and the industrial blossoming of the nation.
• Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) was chosen because he led the country through the Civil War and believed in preserving the nation at any cost.
