The Carving of Mount Rushmore and the Story Behind It

"The process of carving Mount Rushmore and the story behind it" was the topic of a recent ‘Armchair Adventure’ series presentation through Robbinsdale Community Education. The event was held at the Rockford Road Hennepin County Library in Crystal, MN on March 6, 2015 and featured speaker David Jones. You can get more details regarding the information coverage during the presentation at djhistoricalpresentations.weebly.com.
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  • @3232jrob
    @3232jrob2 жыл бұрын

    It truly is a beautiful monument... So proud as an American to have this beautiful piece

  • @aprfooz
    @aprfooz Жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed this documentary. Thank you so much David Jones! You did an excellent job explaining everything from beginning to end :) I have learned so much from this. I'm trying to learn more about it as I hope to visit Mt. Rushmore in 2023 where I have never been to😀

  • @krisrodrigues1
    @krisrodrigues1 Жыл бұрын

    Truly amazing. In my opinion this work of art is complete. The incompleteness of it is it’s completeness. As an artist, you find that if you overwork something you may ruin it. You may have hoped initially the final result would be different, but sometimes you get to a place in which you cannot proceed. And then you realize it is done. I find that in looking at art that appears “incomplete” there is a certain life to in, almost like a physical movement in which the subject in traveling through spaces. It is almost like you are seeing the figure “emerge” from the place it was to the place it will be. Like when someone walks into a room they are moving about, first standing here, then there, perhaps turning to speak with someone or walking towards something. There is a sense of action as well as mystery. This magnificent work of art stopped exactly when and where it was supposed to. Jefferson with his eyes looking outward and upwards, it all adds to the beauty and intrigue. The rock debris that was never removed keeps it natural and unstagnant. It’s perfect. I hope to see it one day. And what a testimony to the accomplishment of America. With all its flaws, trials and imperfections America has still profoundly impacted the world more positively than negatively.

  • @davidpeterzell789
    @davidpeterzell789Ай бұрын

    Excellent presentation. Well done.

  • @laurieoberg5506
    @laurieoberg55063 ай бұрын

    I was under the impression. From elementary school, that mou t Rushmore was carved” by the wind.”

  • @energysavingday
    @energysavingday Жыл бұрын

    An excellent lecture. Thank you

  • @colenewaltersmusicandother9330
    @colenewaltersmusicandother93303 ай бұрын

    There has to be more to the story.

  • @phillipcooper4312

    @phillipcooper4312

    2 ай бұрын

    It's a lot more to the story

  • @sameaster5150
    @sameaster5150 Жыл бұрын

    Is there anything a powerpoint presentation can't ruin?

  • @ECWnWWF
    @ECWnWWF2 жыл бұрын

    that's cool that one of the Monkees, David Jones, did research into Mt. Rushmore

  • @karlepaul6632

    @karlepaul6632

    Жыл бұрын

    Noooo...it was the David Jones who has a locker in the ocean

  • @howardcunniffe8738
    @howardcunniffe87384 жыл бұрын

    I remember visiting Mount Rushmore back in the 70's. There used to be a statue of an Indian on the upper left side of George Washington. Did they take that down?

  • @annab13

    @annab13

    2 жыл бұрын

    Did you find out? I got here by searching

  • @howardcunniffe8738

    @howardcunniffe8738

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@annab13 Did you find anything ?

  • @annab13

    @annab13

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@howardcunniffe8738 I went down a rabbit hole

  • @annab13

    @annab13

    2 жыл бұрын

    Look up the 6 grandfathers

  • @1Channel1

    @1Channel1

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you mean Crazy Horse? You can see that at 12:00 but it looks digitally added. IF what you say is true, why no one else has heard of it? Why never pictured? Like in that Cary Grant movie...

  • @ignaciopadillajr6812
    @ignaciopadillajr68122 жыл бұрын

    Ya ya ya, everyone seems to want to be a movie star.

  • @GARY6661967
    @GARY66619678 ай бұрын

    Disgracful! They stole that land.

  • @jwst8

    @jwst8

    4 ай бұрын

    lolololol

  • @countmontecristo2832
    @countmontecristo2832 Жыл бұрын

    We need Trump in there.

  • @montecito12

    @montecito12

    Жыл бұрын

    We do not need cheeto man on a mountain😂 nobody want to see that!

  • @justinkase1360

    @justinkase1360

    6 ай бұрын

    I voted Trump but NO!

  • @Anonymous-gu1bt
    @Anonymous-gu1bt Жыл бұрын

    The presenter said he was going to discuss desecration but didn't once bring up the topic.

  • @tombiby5892

    @tombiby5892

    10 ай бұрын

    You’re right. I was thinking he did talk about it because he went right into the story of it being on stolen native land, but just filled in the blanks myself that many natives consider it a desecration of their mountain. He never actually said that.

  • @jwst8

    @jwst8

    4 ай бұрын

    man, who cares about them indians