Work on tiny little scuplture starts

Assignment 7

October 4th, 1927 Gutzom Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.  Is this a massive event with implications across the world?  No, not really.  But was it an event that has affected many peoples lives and is an interesting story?  Yes, I think so.  An extremely patriotic Danish man, Gutzom Borglum was setting out to carve the entire busts of four American presidents into the side of a mountain using dynamite.  Borglum was one for the marvelous and monumental, so of course his project, which was never finished, was just that.  It was so grandiose that work on it continued until 1941, and since before that, it has served as a national symbol that inspires many Americans year after year.  It has personal significance to me because I have visited it and witnessed it's impressive scale the same way that many people before me have.  This date is important because of the way it started something that brings people together, giving us a common respect and reverence for some of our country's greatest leaders.