What is the meaning of Mount Rushmore National Memorial?
The birth of our nation was guided by the vision and courage of George Washington. He was one of the first to see that the destiny of the nation lay in the West. Thomas Jefferson always had dreams of a greater, more perfect nation, first in the words of the Declaration of Independence and later in the expansion of our nation through the Louisiana Purchase. South Dakota was part of that purchase. Preservation of the union was paramount to Abraham Lincoln, a nation where all men were free and equal. He was a Westerner himself. At the turn of the Twentieth Century Theodore Roosevelt envisioned a great nation, a leader on the world stage. He was also the first conservationist and started the National Parks system. Now I am meaning to rush once more to more Rushmore.
