Rushmore

[ ruhsh-mawr, -mohr ]

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noun

Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial Mount Rushmore National Memorial having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5,600 feet (1,707 meters).

Rushmore

/ ˈrʌʃmɔː /

Mount Rushmore
a mountain in W South Dakota, in the Black Hills: a national memorial, with the faces of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Roosevelt carved into its side by Gutzon Borglum between 1927 and 1941. Height: 1841 m (6040 ft)

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All of that was true of Yeager, and all of that would have been enough to earn him his own spot on aviation’s more modest Rushmore.

From Time

On one occasion, a drone operator flew a drone over a crowd at Mount Rushmore, then out over the monument itself.

“Hey, thank you for leaving me off your Mount Rushmore,” he shot back.

Would Mount Rushmore have ever happened if the presidents themselves had been asked to choose the four worthiest heads?

The South Dakota state government is trying to keep Mount Rushmore open.

Over at CNN, Clinton strategist Paul Begala laid out the case for why Pelosi belongs on a “Mount Rushmore for Speakers.”

All through the long winter months Raymond had lived at the big camp with no other companion than Jeb Rushmore.

Jeb Rushmore strolled down to where Raymond sat on the rough bench outside the provision cabin, facing the lake.

So was Mr. Ellsworth who poked up the fire and resumed his seat on the old bench beside Jeb Rushmore.

Jeb Rushmore waved pleasantly to them from the distant end of the long board and they acknowledged his salute.

Jeb Rushmore sat at the head of the table, one of the two visiting trustees on either hand.

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