Each year, two million visitors walk or roll from the entrance of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, in South Dakota, to the Avenue of Flags, to peer up at the 60-foot visages of George Washington ...

South Dakota state historian ... October 1: Rushmore is dedicated. June 6: The Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission is created. Rapid City mayor John Boland is named president of the ...

South Dakota Gov ... 5 miles southeast of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, and the land itself is owned by the Lien family, a local dynasty that has lived in the Rapid City area for decades ...