Презентация Mount Rushmore US Starlight 9

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  Mount Rushmore
  Four American Presidents
  By Gutzon Borglum
  

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  GUTZON BORGLUM (1867-1941) Sculptor of Mount Rushmore
  
  

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  National Park in South Dakota
  1927
  
  

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  George Washington
  

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  George Washington, First President of the United States
  Born 1732, died 1799. Washington led the colonists in the American Revolutionary War to win independence from Great Britain. He was the father of the new country and laid the foundation of American democracy. Because of his importance, Borglum chose Washington to be the most prominent figure on the mountain and represent the birth of the United States.
  

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  THOMAS JEFFERSON
  

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  Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States
  Born 1743, died 1826. Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, a document which inspires democracies around the world. He also purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 which doubled the size of our country, adding all or part of fifteen present-day states. Gutzon Borglum chose Jefferson to represent the growth of the United States.
  

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  THEODORE ROOSEVELT
  

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  Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
  Born 1858, died 1919. Roosevelt provided leadership when America experienced rapid economic growth as it entered the 20th Century. He was instrumental in negotiating the construction of the Panama Canal, linking the east and the west. He was known as the "trust buster" for his work to end large corporate monopolies and ensure the rights of the common working man. Borglum chose Roosevelt to represent the development of the United States.
  

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  Abraham Lincoln
  

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  Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
  Born 1809, died 1865. Lincoln held the nation together during its greatest trial, the Civil War. Lincoln believed his most sacred duty was the preservation of the union. It was his firm conviction that slavery must be abolished. Gutzon Borglum chose Lincoln to represent the preservation of the United States.