Located in beautiful Black Hills National

Park, near the town of Keystone, SD

Project directed by artist Gutzon Borglum

(1867-1941)

Abraham Lincoln

George Washington

1st President

Each Presidents head is as tall as a

six-story building

Laid out the foundation of American

Democracy

Granite faces tower over 5, 500 feet above

sea level

Workers carved 90% of the monument with

dynamite

Learn what these heads

did for the future of
America

16th President

Helped abolish slavery

Held the nation together during the Civil

War

Joined the states together

Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas Jefferson

3rd President

Purchased the Louisiana Territory which

doubled the size of our country

Author of the Declaration of

Independence

26th President

Worked to end large corporate

monopolies, and ensure the right of the
common working man

Made lands reserved for public use,

which eventually established Black Hills
National Park