The hidden room behind Abe Lincoln’s face on Mount Rushmore

by McIntosh | June 15, 2016 1:39 am

Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is one of the most identifiable landmarks in the United States, featuring in many Hollywood films such as Team America: World Police, National Treasure: Book of Secrets and North By Northwest.

It is piece of American history. But there seems to be an overlooked [1]detail to the project, that many do not know about…

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..it turns out that the sculpture is even more of a mystery than the adventure movies portray it as – behind the chiseled granite showing Abraham Lincoln’s head is a hidden room.

When he planned the monument, sculptor Gutzon Borglum had wanted to create a much larger image that included several important moments in America history as well as the images of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

Unfortunately his plan was too intricate to be completed and Gutzon had to settle for the four presidents, but he was also allowed to start work on a Hall of Records – a hidden room that would tell the story of the US to future generations, including the country’s charter documents.

The government approved the idea but asked the sculptor to focus on finishing the presidents’ heads before starting work on the Hall of Records.

When Gutzon died before the project was finished, the Hall work ground to a halt for several decades.

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Eventually, in the late 1990s the project was revived to an extent and the chamber room was completed.

That’s amazing. I hope they decided to finish it completely…

Though it most likely will be a revisionist history. Blah!

Endnotes:
  1. overlooked : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3639293/It-s-like-real-life-Indiana-Jones-film-secret-room-Abraham-Lincoln-s-face-Mount-Rushmore-revealed.html
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