Have you ever seen a huge mountain with president's faces? Today we learn about Mount Rushmore.

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Mount Rushmore is a giant and famous place in the United States.

It's located in South Dakota, inside the Black Hills.

On this big mountain are huge carvings of the faces of four American presidents.

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

These presidents are very important because they did great things for America.

The carvings of Mount Rushmore are huge.

Each president's face is as large as a tall building.

People made this long ago, starting in 1927 and finishing in 1941. So it took 14 years to complete.

They did not have modern machines, so it was very tough work.

Mount Rushmore is special for a few reasons.

George Washington was the first president to help start the country.

Thomas Jefferson made America bigger by buying a large area of land from France, known as the

Louisiana purchase.

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