Construction of Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore for the sculpture, since it seemed to be the easiest and most stable of the cliffs to work on. Having decided on the location of the sculpture, Borglum decided to make the monument of four presidents of the United States. He chose the two most famous presidents in American history, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. He chose Thomas Jefferson because Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the United States in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase (which included the land that became South Dakota). The last president Borglum chose was Theodore Roosevelt, suggested by President Calvin Coolidge (who insisted that
Mount Rushmore in popular culture of Konohagakure, in a style similar to that of Mount Rushmore (with Tsunade's face added later, in "Shippuuden". (Hatake Kakashi) and (Uzumaki Naruto) were the 6th and 7th face to be added to the mountain in the last chapter). The village was designed by Japanese manga artist Masashi Kishimoto. The fictional nuclear-equipped warship Outer Haven, in the video game "", features a Mount Rushmore-esque sculpture of the four "Snake" characters that have appeared thorough the "Metal Gear" series (Solidus Snake, Old Snake, Liquid Snake and Big Boss). In the 1994 live action version of "Richie Rich" starring Macaulay Culkin, the