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Hello, I am Leora Andersen. Welcome!
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Mt. Rushmore is located in Keystone, South Dakota.
Mt. Rushmore is located in the Black Hills area of South Dakota.
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The faces of four American presidents are carved on Mt. Rushmore.
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It's south of North Dakota.
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It is a little west of Minnesota.
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Most Americans have seen it, or been there, or visited there.
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It's very famous for the four most famous American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
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The sculpture was created by Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers. It cost about one million dollars to create and build the sculpture.
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Back then $1,000,000 was probably a lot of money.
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It was built in the late 20's thru the early 1940's.
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Well, I think it probably won't erode real fast. The estimated erosion rate is one inch every 10,000 years.
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So probably in your lifetime and my lifetime we're not going to notice much erosion.
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The faces of four American presidents are carved on Mount Rushmore.
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George Washington was the first president of the United States.
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Thomas Jefferson is most known for being the author of the Declaration of Independence.
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Theodore Roosevelt was president during the 20th century.
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Abraham Lincoln is most known for his being president during the Civil War.
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The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the things he's most known for.
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George Washington was the first president of the United States.
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The faces of four American presidents are carved on Mount Rushmore.
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George Washington was the first president of the United States.
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'Mount Rushmore' . . , 'Leora Andersen' .
It was nice being with you again. Bye-bye.
