Mount Rushmore is CRAZY 😱

[@deKahedron]

There is something unusual about Mount Rushmore. Unlike most mountains, this one has a bunch of faces on it.

[@thelastnormalgenz6578]

Okay Norm

[@aliaskong1723]

Alien technology, the narrative was concocted as a means of denying that fact.😅

[@jennifercheney4353]

​@aliaskong1723 😂 you must be young. There are people alive who watched this be carved, by humans.

[@MikeOcksmol]

​@@jennifercheney4353 I think they're making fun of ancient astronaut theory

[@penneyburgess5431]

😂

[@bumbleandsimba]

That eye thing is genius

[@primalspace]

Agreed!

[@gianpauloaustria6258]

Cannot unsee anymore

[@petergoebel5817]

@@gianpauloaustria6258exactly

[@stevendialetis1367]

Sure, but fyi in greece the eyes were painted, thats why they seem plain

[@vespid8960]

The romans use to do it

[@YoungMule]

We imagine greek statues as white because that’s how we found them, they were actually all painted with vibrant colors, including the eyes

[@ΣταύροςΟξούζογλου]

I want to write this same comment but first I look if someone knows and thanks my friend greetings from Grecce

[@princelysnail1998]

Yup. People suffering the same thoughts as they did in the renaissance, where they also thought the statues were just white😂

[@Diejonmustard]

ruined a mountain

[@MyraAmherst2018]

WHAT

[@donvee1419]

Ok but there's no way of knowing what they looked like painted and the museums not gonna "restore" and paint all over again right? Cool fact lol thanks for sharin.

[@bangbang9ergang524]

My Nana moved out to Souix Falls South Dakota with her oldest son and wife my great uncle when I was 14. That summer I was sent to stay with them and thought it was gonna be so boring. It was the best vacation of my life still to this day. They took me to see so many sights including Mt Rushmore. It is amazing out there. ❤

[@mbooks5777]

I had your same thoughts. Was there last month and was blown away. Who knew SD had so much to offer?

[@drewfoster1493]

My parents took me there as an adult about 5 years ago and I thought Mt Rushmore was the only thing there. Boy was I wrong. The caverns were my favorite part. I forget the name of them, but the tour was incredible.

[@mbooks5777]

@drewfoster1493 I wonder if it was The Badlands. It's like a mini Grand Canyon. I agree, I was very wrong myself!

[@bangbang9ergang524]

@drewfoster1493 yes. I went to the caverns as well. Not sure if it was the same ones. Saw chief crazy horse statue. Which is huge. The petrified gardens. Badlands. We also ate st this place you catch your own fish. Trout. They cook it for you right there. What a great time.

[@bangbang9ergang524]

@mbooks5777 yes!!! How incredible the view is out there. Like being on the moon. Lol. Saw cheif crazy horse statue. They said you can fit all four presidents heads from Mt Rushmore on crazy horses index finger he is 👉 he is pointing to his land. It's the largest sculpture in the world.

[@toolebukk]

For the record: 50c adjusted is $11. In the 30s, Sugar cost 59c for 10 pounds, vitamin D milk was 50c a gallon, ground coffee cost 39c per pound, bacon was 32c per pound and eggs were 18c a dozen

[@SteffedPepper]

So still under minimum wage in many states to do a dangerous job to honor some of the most famous and elite. Sounds like the crappy country I know and live in!

[@riley97]

Thank you

[@beastfire7300]

So they were making the same as like the average mcdonalds employee

[@weasle2904]

@@beastfire7300 Not exactly, cost of living was very low back then and that $0.50c had more buying power back then than $11 dollars does today. } We have become an overtaxed importer country, just like Europe. Vote for Trump and start bringing old American back. No matter what people tell you in these replies, the wealth gap has gotten bigger and cost of living has gone up under Democrat (and largely Republican too) leadership. Vote against the Uni Party.

[@beastfire7300]

@weasle2904 i live in Illinois my vote dosent matter lol. So I'm voting 3rd party like i always do

[@seancarter6492]

Okay, that eye shine thing was like some next level big brain stuff!! Amazing!

[@jakedaniels7676]

The next level big brainiac just put a square in something that didn’t have a square

[@donlimbargo5865]

​@@jakedaniels7676How many monuments have sculpted. Forming shapes from your school's mashed potatoes doesnt count.

[@seancarter6492]

@@jakedaniels7676 and then next thing you know "all these squares make a circle, all these squares make a circle."

[@Touch_Finger]

500 years from now people will think we had square rods in our eyes .

[@seancarter6492]

@Touch_Finger fun fact, Mount Rushmore will be the very last evidence of our existence. Visually speaking. Micro plastics will outlive everything we've ever made

[@Robllow]

I learned in school that because of the man's attention to safety nobody died making it except Gutzon Burglum, the man who started it all. He was succeeded by his son and that's who finished mount rushmore

[@GlacialScion]

Mt. Rushmore was never even close to finished. It was abandoned.

[@Robllow]

@GlacialScion well its was just to expensive for the original vision and was taking far too long. It took a lifetime or more to make many great wonders of the world not to mention the bills amassed from each.

[@bradbean1804]

Borglum died of a heart attack in Glendale, CA.

[@Timelord888]

Dan, who made Mount Rushmoore

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

It also originally wasn’t supposed to be presidents, it was supposed to be famous cowboys from the old west, but Borglum insisted on the heads of the presidents so that what we got

[@jvwMUSIC]

Something unusual about Mt Rushmore is the land was granted to the Lakota people in perpetuity by treaty and it took less than 10 years for the US to break that promise and take the land by force once gold was discovered there. Then 60 years after that they decided it would be a great place to turn an indigenous cultural site into a monument to the country that betrayed them.

[@crkcrk702]

And with only anti natives presidents as a slap

[@richardmoore609]

Based

[@sirpibble]

They should've won the war then

[@Americathestupid]

Yep. Mt Rushmore sucks

[@flyingartgirls1]

Ok, that's sad. Is that why they call it "white man's burden?" And woman. :(

[@74poolplayer]

Before the faces were cut, Mount Rushmore was unpresidented.

[@evae3839]

Badum-ts

[@timeforanap4268]

This comment is underrated 😁

[@ThatIrishRose317]

“Mom! Dad is on the internet again!”

[@jt19933]

Underrated comment

[@rolsyh207]

It was done by aliens

[@Gaggie_usw]

Just a little side note: greek statues were actually painted, including the eyes. And, especially in later times, could look very alive. But the colour can't be fully preserved after such a long time, so all we have is the natural stone and only traces or storys of their actual colour.

[@jonathanplastow5220]

Saved me saying this, thanks.

[@Norsilca]

Creek?

[@Gaggie_usw]

@@Norsilca noted thanks

[@DannyJCanAmaze]

Yeah and some statues actually had marbles imbedded for the eyes.

[@kulturfreund6631]

The temples were painted, too. Simple primary colours. Looks gross. Uniform white looks best.

[@Ninjanimegamer]

The way it was engineered, cut and made to look real is all amazing.

[@kirakira9906]

Yes, they must have invented sculptures

[@garfoonga1]

Not until you learn it already had natural formations that looked like people

[@327JohnnySS]

​@@garfoonga1As a kid I remember seeing the Old Man of the mountain in Franconia Notch I believe in New Hampshire. The native American Indiana treated that area as sacred grounds because the natural rock formation actually looked like a human face before it collapsed not long ago.

[@ryanoglesbee1075]

​@@kirakira9906 literally nobody had made stone sculptures that big. You can pretend not to be impressed, but nobody is buying it

[@kirakira9906]

@@ryanoglesbee1075 Sure nobody. If you mean incaved in mountain then ok. It's impressive and everything. I'm just saying it's nothing new about the eyes or realism in general

[@tyrshand8180]

Not sure about the Greeks since we don't have a lot of their original statues left, but the Romans definitely were adding detailed eyes to their statues. Maybe not too all, or maybe some lost their edges due to time but they definitely did that as well

[@Scoberson]

“There is something unusual about Mount Rushmore” You don’t say! Is it the faces?

[@gugoluna]

No it's the very special trees

[@Seamus61016]

Crazy how nature do dat

[@Devil-Made]

😂😂😂

[@organicmagic8822]

🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@nostalgicotaku2977]

​@gugoluna i miss President James Dean

[@r3gret2079]

The eye reflection thing is absolutely fuckin BRILLIANT! Super cool detail.

[@kirakira9906]

Classic American glazing

[@JosephShemelewski]

​@@kirakira9906 It is pretty neat though

[@r3gret2079]

@@kirakira9906 bro, go tf outside.

[@ozbullymorales1020]

They got screwed over in wages but at least their kids can say, “My grandpappy made that.”

[@Ge0rge_0rwell]

​@@kirakira9906 classic anti American clown

[@N0Xa880iUL]

50 cents an hour dangling over a cliff 8 hours a day 💀 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@tiredcaffeine]

A little more than minimum wage (US), basically.

[@jaytricks]

That's meager in today's economy 😮

[@BettMagnett]

It's between about 9.06$ and 10.72$ in todays currency during the 14 years it was built.

[@LemonsGraphics]

Back then rent was 27$ a month

[@primalspace]

Right? I can't imagine!

[@Tevikolady]

I knew about the eye thing already, because I went to the Mt. Rushmore museum in South Dakota. Neatest place to explore, because they actually have a carved out piece of rock that demonstrates this effect up close. Honestly, it is one of the most surreal experiences of your life

[@HerbertLandei]

Before it was carved, the beauty of Mt Rushmore was unpresidented...

[@primalspace]

That's also very true.

[@majestic7768]

Nice play of words.

[@plasticwrapcharlie]

Why has no one commented anything like this? "Mount Rushmore" is/was a sacred place for the indigenous people of the Dakotas. It's honestly appalling that people would simply go and deface the holy mountain of this people to carve an enormous monument to men who had been dead less than 200 years. Not to mention the fact that these faces amount to "false idols" in the Abrahamic religions. I will never understand the arrogance and short-sightedness of "white" America.

[@Epsilon2042]

​@@plasticwrapcharlieRage bait babyyyyyyyyy

[@Whitecroc]

​@@Epsilon2042It's true, though. If memory serves, it was actually a KKK project.

[@Etx-z9]

So many of the techniques used in the creation of this monument were un-presidented

[@littlehorn1996]

Good one😆

[@karyllhyacinthe6202]

Ba-dum-tsssss

[@oliverpearson1577]

Yes, good one!

[@RPCDebateForum-FreeForums-Net]

If "presidented" was a real word!

[@vbshah]

@@RPCDebateForum-FreeForums-Net thats the joke...

[@SilencedRage]

I was 100% sure they were gonna speak on the "secret vault " , this is the first video on KZbin about My. Rushmore that I actually learned something.

[@SeminoleSpaceForce]

Bro, what vault?

[@islandiron]

@@SeminoleSpaceForce kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3W4hKmXrdisma8si=niJf5hON2AI-T-fx

[@Markyparky56]

​@SeminoleSpaceForce they're probably thinking of National Treasure 2

[@kayleenkrolikowski7442]

There is no vault. The rangers and park maintenance park vehicles and equipment in an area that was og intended to be a hall of records but the granite, the war, and Borglum himself(he died in 41)..did not allow that to happen. There is NO secret vault.

[@wakeupyall]

Its a wonderful sight to see you'll never forget it

[@WillScarlet-zc2iw]

Now, this is a very worthwhile video: intelligent, informative and well-articulated. No hype or cheap sensationalism. Sincere thanks.

[@primalspace]

So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

[@marioluigi9599]

​@@primalspaceBoy, that was totally wrong. A woman made those faces with a laser gun.

[@NardEaterYT]

@@marioluigi9599 fr

[@ms.migrant]

Ikr! Thanks for this primal space! Love youu

[@JimmyScribbles]

Non brainrot

[@woodrow1037]

My wife and I visited Mt. Rushmore last June. It was our first visit. absolutely amazing. The area is beautiful. I recommend spending a couple of days to explore the area.

[@rubyfisch5077]

We've been there several times, and each time I wish we could stay longer. The entire area is fantastic, from the badlands on. Custer state park, the needles highway, etc. The Black Hills have so many places to see, and it's all beautiful. And just an hour or so away is Devil's Tower which is also an awesome feat of nature.

[@jackduncan7868]

Yesss

[@uropinionsux1]

I would recommend it also. While staying in the Black Hills I went to Deadwood, Devil's Tower, Custer State Park, and Badlands National Park....and obviously Mt Rushmore My favorite vacation.

[@brendatomlinson]

@@uropinionsux1Is that the same Deadwood as in the series Deadwood??

[@uropinionsux1]

​@@brendatomlinson Correct. Only about 35 minutes drive through some of the most beautiful scenery in the country

[@caleighhraee]

I saw Mount Rushmore when I was like 8 years old. It was the only family vacation we took and it was breathtaking. I want to go back soon!

[@KaelBN]

If you ever go, make sure you go to the theater. It goes more into depth on this and it is incredible how they worked their asses off like that to do this

[@blank8364]

Crazy thing is back then they probably bragging about that 50 cent saying “I can’t believe I’m almost making a dollar and hour”

[@berlinkozyreva]

I doubt in 1941 sugar was 50 cents for a ten pound bag.

[@weasle2904]

@@berlinkozyreva That's really good. Rent was also only like $27 lol. America was better when it wasn't run by modern Democrats...

[@castleanthrax1833]

50 cents is not "almost a dollar."

[@ArchimedesDev]

​@@castleanthrax1833They are bragging by rounding up.

[@ArchimedesDev]

​@@berlinkozyreva4 dollars a day. That is more than enough to feed a family home, while still saving up a bit (during 1940's prewar).

[@Ogaitnas900]

btw, the eyes in ancient statues were flat because they were painted over with details, same as the skin, colorful clothes etc.

[@Vaso_Vic]

the ancient greeks didn't make the eyes look lifeless. they were painted (along with the whole statue), but the paint disappeared over time

[@gazwilliams-nc7jp]

Yeaah Mt Rushmore... you never had any colour 😅

[@ChloeCrismon]

Yeah but the carving of the eye feels lifeless since the paint has faded away. They put such great details into hair, fingers and muscles, but relied on paint for the pupils and iris. Not to be a critic, especially since it’s art far greater than I could ever create, but you wonder if the artist thought about fading paint. Did they not carve pupils and iris’s because of how small the work area is? How delicate the stone was? Did the same artist who sculpted it paint it? If not, why let someone else complete your piece? Other statues had their own private museums built for them in the same time for their preservation, so why didn’t they think of preserving these lifelike features? It’s both an art and archeology question.

[@gazwilliams-nc7jp]

@@ChloeCrismon If only they sprayed it with a fixative like Hairspray, I did a Graffiti Mural using chalk about 17 years ago sprayed it with hairspray and its still there haha

[@mbooks5777]

Saw this last month. Never thought there was anything too exciting about it... then I saw it. It was beautifully created. I couldn't believe my eyes. Well done

[@lilithabunni]

This comment makes me actually want to see it. I never really thought about it, or caring to see it, or like the Grand Canyon but it might actually be really cool!

[@mbooks5777]

@lilithabunni the Grand Canyon is something you won't regret visiting. Before I saw it, I felt the same. When I got there, all I can say is it was literally breathtaking. I had never experienced anything like what I did until that moment I stepped out of my car. I was in awe. The good Lord is the Ultimate Creator! Praise Hime! 😊

[@quetzalcoatlz]

​@@lilithabunniI can understand your sentiment in relation to the man made mt. Rushmore but the grand canyon is one of the only places on earth where you can see rock layers that existed from the beginning of our planet, not only that it's over 277 miles long, over a mile deep, and 18 miles wide! Absolutely insane

[@talktimewithnoah]

What’s not unusual is the fact that the U.S. government promised the natives at the time that they would not touch the mountain, and then carved four of their faces into it couple years later👹

[@johnnybagofdoughnuts4193]

In case they didn’t know who won

[@linkelly9042]

Why DOESN'T that fact SURPRISE me...

[@dominicstocker5144]

@@johnnybagofdoughnuts4193are you being serious?

[@rangagump5591]

​@@dominicstocker5144 Gotta make sure everyone knows the winners from the losers.

[@dominicstocker5144]

@@rangagump5591 how blud felt after writing this: 🍷🗿

[@Vortecs.]

For the 2 people wondering: 50 cents in 1927 is 8,65 today (per hour) Minimum wage is $7.25

[@Vortecs.]

Assuming you work 300 days a year (little) you would have an annual salary of about $2785

[@castleanthrax1833]

Most people understand the economics of inflation.

[@organicmagic8822]

Business men prefer Low Wages. No Pensions. No Unions. No Overtime Pay. Businessmen presidents 🎉🎉🎉

[@Vortecs.]

@@castleanthrax1833 🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@ArchimedesDev]

Money had more buying power aside from inflation. About 1.564X more buying power for the least affected.

[@Devil-Made]

I honestly can’t imagine anything like this being created today. The true marvel is that this project was green lit and funded in the first place - and that enough people could agree on an idea enough to make it a reality.

[@castleanthrax1833]

Are you referring to the scale, or the fact that it doesn't serve a functional purpose (aside from being a tourist attraction)?

[@pelqel9893]

Something like this IS being created today... check out the Crazy Horse Memorial under construction - also in South Dakota!

[@whataboutthis10]

Let this dude be in awe smh, glazing over past government for being united to write White history

[@phdonme1]

Mount rushmore's trash too it's just a garbage Monument some full carved out and then left all the rock at the bottom it looks stupid as hell

[@phdonme1]

Fool

[@LowCountryMack]

I've been there and the longer I sat there, and gave myself time to absorb what I was looking at. The more extraordinary it became. It's just incredible to say the least.

[@Americathestupid]

Nah, it’s definitely just meh.

[@thedalillama]

For years I heard it wasn't impressive and to be prepared to be underwhelmed. I didn't find that to be the case at all. The setting was quite nice too.

[@LowCountryMack]

​@@thedalillamaIt's an amazing sculpture on a grand scale. Yeah, a beautiful monument and park for sure.👍

[@Gretri17]

This video is a bit misleading, the whole landmark wasnt just made from jackhammers, dynamite was also used. In fact, about 90% of all the tools used was dynamite. They really only used jackhammers to dig pockets for the explosions or to add finishing details

[@Tw1stedYT]

I had actually been to Rushmore during my graduation road trip, and fun fact, no one had actually died during the construction of the monument believe it or not, there were casualties, but it was all injuries, as one time the cable platform thing they were using to get up and down the mountain, snapped or broke sending the people who were currently on it crashing into the trees below, miraculously no one died

[@Nursing2024-i9z]

Mount Rushmore is incredible and beautiful! These men who created it were very talented!❤

[@IAMMYGOD.5858]

And evil.

[@Gen3ralGrimReaper]

You are absolutely right, but it’s about time to tear it down. All those years of work just to desecrate a sacred Native American terrain.

[@HenryHobson-uc2bk]

@@Gen3ralGrimReaper they need to add Donald Trump onto it, ideal finishing touch!!

[@WeBreakItAllDownRightHere]

​@@Gen3ralGrimReaper what a bunch of nonsense. The "Natives" (Asians who crossed when the continents were joined) are not having their "sacred" rituals interrupted by these carvings. If it's their land, how about they come and take it? Oh right, that fake race of addicts is gone, as it should be

[@ryanoglesbee1075]

​@@Gen3ralGrimReaper lol by that logic we would be tearing down every structure ever built in the US. You sir, are an extreme ist

[@leemeyer748]

It is a grand monumental experience to see this beautiful sculpture

[@simoneluevano]

What AMAZING TALENT was employed in this art work!! Wonderful!!

[@mwndjddjdhdbbf8408]

Ancient greek statues were painted and often made of bronze, what we often mistake as greek statues are actually the roman copies made for the optimates.

[@jrvapor]

This is what you call craftsmanship!!!❤

[@nunyabidness6045]

Wow! The eye 👁 idea is genius! Worked beautifully!

[@deltabeta5527]

Fun fact. The naturally formed Mount Rushmore before the carving of the heads looked a thousand times better.

[@mrbailey4272]

Oh bull chit you apparently never been to black hills ever. So shut your neck

[@catamescatames]

The vandalization of Six Grandfathers Mountain and the sheer amount of colonial delusion is mind boggling to me

[@RichardTaylor1630]

@@catamescatames boo hoo - there are a thousand other mountains without faces; please enjoy them.

[@qepsilon0]

@@RichardTaylor1630 Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe (Six Grandfathers Mountain, the _original_ name of this mountain) was specifically chosen by colonists because it was a Lakota religious site, and they wanted to destroy it. So yes, you are correct. There are a thousand other mountains without faces. But, the United States specifically chose this one as an extremely personal "fuck you" to Native Americans. Not to mention, this also broke the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. It's not about it being a pretty mountain. It's about the United States' continuous and intentional oppression of Native Americans.

[@lemonlizard1]

In a couple hundred years there’ll def be conspiracy theories on how this was done

[@alclay8689]

*thousand

[@TheCrackFox]

Aliens. Something, something, copper chisels can't carve stone.

[@jojowolf9160]

There's a vult in the monument with history up to that point.

[@Devil-Made]

“Everyone knows 21st century Americans were notoriously divided. It’s simply impossible that ancient Americans could have agreed to make this project happen - even if the tools and engineering science of the day were capable of it. We know now that there was just too much infighting before the collapse of the nation. So the real question isn’t how did ancient Americans make this marvel, but rather who helped them? Was it aliens? A race of technologically advanced hyper beings from Alpha-Centauri? Or did the lizard people from Washington DC orchestrate this masterpiece as a cryptic message for future beings like ourselves? Well, actually, it may be none of those. After the break we’ll take a look at how time traveling mystery men may have designed the entire mountain - and why that matters so much for you today.”

[@christinemiller1946]

There already are because they covered up the 6 gradfathers of the native Indians with white presidential faces over the top of the Indian carvings. They also altered stone mountain to destroy native Indian carvings as well. Part of their white history cover-up.

[@bestlaidplans4511]

There's nothing unusual about Mount Rushmore. It violated the Treaty of 1868, and trolled the Lakota with big old faces on their sacred mountain. Pretty standard.

[@Alex-uo6kh]

Respectfully, if you're gonna break a treaty- may aswell do it in style 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Mutexop]

@@Alex-uo6kh nah putting colonizers' faces on a sacred mountain is the biggest dick move ever

[@benjaminsteele13]

​@@Alex-uo6khwhere's the style? The legendarily ugly rubble pile?

[@HG-wl2fm]

@@Mutexopabsolute chad move though

[@infectiousmoth]

@@HG-wl2fmcasual genocidal sentiment

[@iordanchis2437]

As a non-american, when I found out about Mount Rushmore as a kid, I was flabbergasted by awe. The fact that literal busts of american presidents were sculpted into the face of a freaking mountain I found amazing, magestic, a show of respect for their forefathers. I believed that this is what made the US of A and the americans a great nation. They might not have the Notre-Dame or the Dome of Köln, isntead they have freaking Mount Rushmore!

[@bronco1199]

If you've ever used a jackhammer then you know how unbelievably hard it must have been to do that. Of course the lowly workers would never get real credit for this masterpiece in craftsmanship.

[@laurastuder299]

Absolutely Amazing sculpture’s Amazing talent❣️

[@charliekelly3173]

Got some really cool photos at 100x zoom with my phone a few weeks ago. The eyes are mesmerizing.

[@kiwi9813]

Before it became Mount Rushmore, the Lakota called it Tunkasila Sakpe Paha, or Six Grandfathers Mountain. It was a place of ceremony where locals gathered food and plants.

[@laurenwood9084]

Mt. Rushmore is an American treasure! I hope to see it in person someday.

[@theresajoachim4233]

Sorry, but this was an native American thing For their culture and we just took it without asking

[@JGD185]

​@@theresajoachim4233 they lost, losers don't get to decide. I didn't make the rules.

[@theresajoachim4233]

Dude shut up

[@Louzahsol]

@@theresajoachim4233shoulda won then. It’s been owned by wypepo for longer than any native tribes claimed ownership

[@bananaplane5494]

I guess that Vietnam is allowed to do whatever they want here if that’s what you think

[@tannervaughn3885]

You left out the best part. Most of the carving was done with dynamite lol i imagine the finer details they use tools tho

[@LauraDawes-zh6hz]

For 50 cents an hour? Wow! They were brave and strong artists..Incredible! Thank you for this video. Sincerely, Laura from Nee Hampshire

[@skylar_nova]

It's much cheaper to us now because if inflation

[@TheSamp00]

It's like 10usd/ hour on todays economy

[@supremedellerior3628]

And to think most of it was carved out using dynamite as well; such craftsmanship.

[@t.wcharles2171]

What is a jackhammer but an oversized chisel? It's the same with dynamite. When you sculpt on such a scale, you have to work with the tools that are most suitable for the task. It's what makes Mt. Rushmore so impressive. Its vastness of scale is astounding.

[@YoMommazNUTZ]

The mountain was sacred, and this design could have been done in a thousand other places

[@kiwwat4139]

Sacred and promised to the Native Americans by treaty... but that wasn't worth much once prospectors found gold there. And then they also deface it.

[@Jay_in_Japan]

Still is sacred

[@ChezzyKnytt]

@@kiwwat4139 Deface? I see at least 4

[@kiwwat4139]

@@ChezzyKnytt Ok, I'll give you this one. That is a good pun.

[@catalinionescu173]

And this is the proof that you can even transform a mountain into a masterpiece and you will still be paid peanuts

[@donniethedealer2623]

Now imagine if they didn’t run out of money and actually finished it

[@t.wcharles2171]

Abe Lincoln would look better.

[@Ronyyy_78]

At Maharashtra {India} Ellora and Ajanta caves have an unique lvl or creativity..there are being carved from upside to the down one ,totally vibing as a Royal Palace

[@Truth-is-King]

Brilliantly done! God bless them!

[@LEFT4BASS]

Fun fact: the reason Ancient Greek statues had uncarved eyes is because the statues would be painted and the pupils would be painted on

[@patriciafarley4082]

I've been there 5 times. It's beautiful, also the gift shop had beautiful native American paintings, I was fortunate to meet one of the artists and buy his painting, he was such a wonderful artist.

[@HormozZare-kz4ir]

Thank you now I can tell my history teacher on how Mount Rushmore was built 😅

[@E.K.izzlemynizzle]

just realized 1000 or so years from now if there’s still people on earth and they see this, they’re gonna think that these were our gods 😂

[@kensurrency2564]

Absolutely.

[@diulikadikaday]

Or that they were made with the help of an alien civilisation.

[@shadows_star]

They absolutely are treated by many as though they were infallible and godlike. Too many refuse to acknowledge that the founding fathers are not to be venerated as though they were perfect.

[@Jesse-bl2qz]

@@shadows_starno they’re not

[@castleanthrax1833]

Do you think we're going to lose all our records in the coming years? It's different now compared to the past.

[@0justBETHANY]

No one's talking about how this land was sacred to indigenous folks. Imagine you have your home ripped from you again and they put the faces of four men who were in many ways considered your community's enemies on the mountain you once honored. It's pretty messed up

[@MeowMix8828]

This. The mountain was way more beautiful before they defaced it with faces

[@Thomas-15212-R]

Like having the Statue of Liberty replaced by a equal sized statue of Hitler, arm at salute.

[@Lucifurion]

Rubbish, it’s been spoken about numerous times.

[@0justBETHANY]

@Lucifurion this sort of comment is meant for the specific comment section for this specific video. I read through many of them, saw very little about this. I realize it's been discussed many times in general 🙄

[@HungNguyen-fy8hf]

No one's talking about how this land was stolen from the Cheyennes by the Lakotas, and then the Lakotas decided to ball their eyes out screaming "sacred" land because "Only I can conquer" territories. If you lose, suck it up.

[@ministerdeenielsen7404]

Wow.. beautiful, who knew that.. I just keep on learning stuff and I am 70 years old.. Thank you for teaching us this.

[@CherubChick1221]

Me too!!! I'm 63 and have been basically stuck at home by myself in my house for the last couple of years. I decided that I would Pray as much as I could and LEARN all of the things I've always wanted to know but not had the time to learn. I LOVE TO LEARN. I send this kind of stuff to my family all the time so that they can expand their knowledge as well. It's REALLY FUN!! I believe it helps you to be amazed by Humanity instead of Critical of it. Especially these days where they seem to teach people to hate everything and everybody. Sad but true. Enjoy your learning and God Bless!! 🙂🤔🤔🤔

[@pamelab1400]

Amazing! I've always loved Mount Rushmore.

[@wannettaglenn795]

Mount Rushmore is actually the sacred black foot hills that was stolen from the native Americans

[@Cookie-zd7ei]

Who killed each other over a long period on a regulat basis.

[@HungNguyen-fy8hf]

Which Native Americans? Because this "sacred" mountain has been fought for and conquered by multiple tribes. And why is it suddenly an issue when it's the white men taking it over?

[@infectiousmoth]

@@Cookie-zd7eiokay? does that justify any of the atrocities committed by the founding fathers?

[@terrieormonde2340]

Absolutely stunning❣️

[@Kageross]

Greek sculptures had painted eyes, skin tone and hair as well. We enjoy the wreckage that survived.

[@faenethlorhalien]

The original collective art piece

[@susanazinger2525]

Much Respect for the Souls who worked for 14 years to give us this Breath - taking Majestic Mountain . ❤

[@proudownerofaflamingoshrine]

unlike most sculptures, its a native american holy site that was promised to the local indigenous people through a treaty, but was then stolen from them. that doesn't mean it isn't an engineering marvel, but its important we remember where it came from and how it affects people today and in the past, and it's creators shouldn't necessarily be revered.

[@KyleStansfeld-zi6gc]

Sacred Black Hills! I love the movie Skins, it’s tragic, but great!

[@KyleStansfeld-zi6gc]

Sacred Black Hills! There’s a great tragic movie called Skins

[@drivestowork]

Plain and simple, Gutzon Borglum was a genius!!

[@jfkspillow9527]

On top of Sioux burial grounds. Classy America, real classy.

[@4TheFellas]

To the victor go the spoils

[@jdlyonsky]

Lol. Contrary to the beliefs of idiots the natives didn't spring forth out of the grasslands. They came from somewhere else like everyone else except the native white giant races the Indians all venerated.

[@SaneandShinning76]

Masterpiece for sure. Absolutely spectacular. The eye detail sculpting is genius ❤❤

[@GJ203]

Greek statues had eyes like that because they would have originally been painted

[@PreppyPigFR]

keep in mind that 50 cents an hour was significantly more than today

[@jaytricks]

I've always loved Mt Rushmore and would visit someday

[@VidhasFamilyVlog]

The Hokages of Rushmore 💀 ☠️ 💀

[@hello-hb1ll]

Please tell me you do know the hokage faces are a reference to rushmore

[@graceroth3045]

It was also on stolen Native American land, was designed by a Roosevelt fanboy, and was never finished because the guy who made it died and no one on the crew cared about it enough to keep going without the paycheck

[@Dak36799]

Womp Womp

[@mrbailey4272]

It's finished an cant steal something that doesn't belong to anyone

[@AtticusLaineBlos]

All land is stolen land. What are you going to do about it? Whine some more in another comment section?

[@graceroth3045]

To give more info: the carvings were originally designed with full bodies attached and that was never completed so they’re just heads, and the government actually acknowledged the fact that the land was unrightfully stolen and gathered the money to actually pay for it after the fact but the native people stated that they didn’t care about the money, just the land that was stolen so it’s still just sitting in a safe somewhere. There’s a whole Adam ruins everything episode about it

[@Trinidadsotello88]

I never knew that about the eyes. That’s pretty dang cool.

[@who906]

Fun fact. Mount Rushmore was a sacred mountain for native americans which had a peace treatease with the US goverment. As soon as there was speculation that there was gold in their lands, they were genosided and their sacred mountains destroyed to showcase the people who were ok with their murder.

[@iamjoelex1]

A sacred place for indigenous people which was later defiled by the U.S. govnt 😮

[@sangwoofr1746]

actually so sad

[@HungNguyen-fy8hf]

It was Cheyennes' before the Lakotas stole it and claimed it as their "holy" land. Don't see you complaining about that.

[@iamjoelex1]

@@HungNguyen-fy8hf Ha...they were all a bunch of thieves...fjk em too!

[@gpaprika4184]

Six Grandfathers Mountain stood tall and proud before it was defaced

[@absolutemaniac7368]

ABSOLUTELY. Thank god there's a comment saying this.

[@jvwMUSIC]

there's a twisted poetry to the US building a monument to itself on land promised to its native inhabitants forever by treaty and then taken at gunpoint less than 10 years later the moment they found gold on the land.

[@YackeeChan]

I did concrete cutting and demolition for a long time and my respect for those guys those jack hammers they were using were heavy af too

[@bystandersarah]

Um….looks like a travesty to me😅 all I see is ugliness and ego😅

[@connieembury1]

It was a sacred place to the native people of the area that was destroyed

[@quackquack1275]

We ruined the black hills even tho it was so sacred to the indigenous people

[@HungNguyen-fy8hf]

Every land in the US is sacred for the Natives. So what are you going to do about it? Bulldoze every house, building and infrastructure?

[@robinsealander8149]

Every photographer knows the importance of a catch light in the eyes!! Brilliant!! We just don't do things anymore, like our ancestors did!!!❤

[@_black_bird]

As someone that ain't from the US I honestly didn't know Mt Rushmore was recent enough for power tools to exist when they were carving them

[@optimus2200]

Never forget that this is a sacred and historical mountant for the natives and it was just been taken by force . like there are countless other mountains they could have chosen but they didnt

[@murielbaith5445]

$0.50 was a lot of money in those days.

[@tristan7216]

Bros climbed up on that mountain and CNC milled out statues in the stone with steam powered hand tools. Respect 💪💪💪.

[@derrickrusso8924]

You got some realy cool videos. Keep em comin! Subbed!

[@markmuller7962]

The eyes reflection illusion is pretty cool

[@johnstraszak5145]

In 1938 when the federal minimum wage took effect it was 25 cents an hour. This was 10 years after they started carving. Today in South Dakota the minimum wage is $11 an hour so if you bring that forward twice the minimum wage is 22 bucks an hour today. In California today that translates to 32 bucks an hour.

[@Wii505]

Another thing about Mount Rushmore is, that it was never finished and at this point it's way too late because trying to finish will get people mad at you, even though you're just finishing it

[@EekDaFreek]

We'll never get to hear from the workers. How amazed they were to drill their holes and see a face emerge from their work! Must've been a helluva feeling

[@corporalfranz7795]

The eyes are cool, but I feel the need to point out that Greek statues had smooth "lifeless" eyes because they used to be painted on.

[@cryco472]

Before it became known as Mount Rushmore, the area was considered sacred by the Lakota Sioux and was called Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe (Six Grandfathers), referring to the six sacred directions in their spiritual beliefs: north, south, east, west, above, and below. The land, including the Black Hills (Paha Sapa), was originally promised to the Lakota in the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, but was taken by the U.S. government after gold was discovered there in the 1870s.

[@Mias-lifex]

Artists taking notes

[@Christina-bz3mo]

Amazing and beautiful. Read some time ago Mr. Borglund's family would be around while he was working on the sculptures, his young son, Lincoln. 🌹❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸