Presidential Wisdom – Teddy Roosevelt
In honor of Presidents’ Day, today’s Words of Wisdom are from Theodore Roosevelt. He’s the one between Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
Mount Rushmore is the “Shrine of Democracy,” an iconic symbol of the United States carved into the southeastern face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the design and oversaw the project’s execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum.
Borglum and four hundred workers used dynamite and pneumatic hammers to blast through the rock quickly, along with the traditional tools of drills and chisels, as the heads of the four presidents took shape in the face of Mount Rushmore. Arduous and dangerous work, it is amazing that no lives were lost during the construction.
If you ever see it in person, you will stand in awe as I did.
My photographer daughter snapped this picture many years ago. The two grandsons are now fine young men who showed their loving hearts early, as you see them sharing cookies from the treat table.
