Today, I was able to tick off another two places on my bucket list, both of them amazing works. Of course, Crazy Horse is not finished and no one knows when that will be but I won't be around to see it finished. Started in 1948 by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, the memorial is in remembrance of Native American History. Just the face is 27m high and the entire carving will be 172m when finished. When Korczak died, the family continued to work on it (he and his wife had 10 children). His wife died 3 years ago and the family members, staff and a Board of Directors continue with the dream. They do not want Government money to finish the memorial, instead they rely on private donations and of course the money that comes into the centre from visitors.
And below is how it will look when finished with the memorial in the background.
We then travelled to Mount Rushmore, where the memorial started in 1927 and finished in 1941. The four Presidents featured are George Washington,Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Another stunning memorial, much smaller than Crazy Horse but still pretty impressive. You are able to walk around the base and look up at them.
Wow, Mt Rushmore, definitely a bucket list item, was in a great movie by Hitchcock, North by North West with Cary Grant.
ReplyDeleteI don't think old Crazy Horse will get done for at least another 100 years, taken 70 years to do his face.
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JD, apparently the movie version was filmed in a Hollywood studio (sorry to shatter your dreams) and I think you could be correct re Crazy Horse.
DeleteI have not seen either of these mountain carvings. You have captured them very well with your pictures, Janice. Thank you for sharing them with me. :-)
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure DJan!
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