Inkululeko, ubulungisa, ithemba- iSikhumbuzo seLizwe esithandekayo, iNtaba iRushmore, bubungqina kwezi zinto zixabisekileyo zaseMelika. I-quartet yeebhasi zebongameli ezigqitywe kwi-granite peak kwi-Black Hills yenye yezona zimpawu ze-United States, ngokubhekiselele kwi-Liberty Bell kunye ne-Statue of Liberty.
Ngapha koko, iiprofayili ezinkulu, ezingama-60 ezinyawo zikaGeorge Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, kunye noTheodore Roosevelt ziyabonakala ngoko nangoko, zichithwe kwintengiso, zisetyenziswa njengemifanekiso engemva yefilimu (kubandakanya uAlfred Hitchcock's 'Umntla emantla ntshona' ) , yaze yaveliswa kwakhona ngobukhulu bonke kunye neefom, kubandakanya ukwakhiwa kwesiqwenga sezigidi ezintathu eLigoland. Kodwa kuyo yonke intaba eyaziwayo yeNtaba iRushmore (kunye nezigidi ezi-3 zabakhenkethi bonyaka), ikwayindawo enembali enzulu kunye neenkcukacha ezininzi ezaziwayo.
Isicwangciso sokuqala sasineeseti ezahlukeneyo zamanani
Kunzima ukucinga iNtaba iRushmore ngaphandle kokuyalela aba baongameli. Kodwa kholwa okanye ungakholelwa, isiCwangciso A yayikukubonisa amaqhawe emimandla anje ngoLewis & Clark, uBuffalo Bill Cody, kunye nenkosi yeSioux, iRed Cloud. Amanani aya kufakwa kwiintsika zegranite ezaziwa ngokuba ziiNaliti. Oku, ngokukodwa, bekuya kwenza ukuba umsebenzi ufane neseti yeepali zeetotem.
UCalvin Coolidge wahlawuliswa imali
Xa iNtaba iRushmore yakhulelwa ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yee-1920, uMongameli uCalvin Coolidge wakhetha ukuya ehlotyeni kwiBlack Hills. Abantu bendawo beza neendlela zokuyila zasendle zokwenza ukuba inkokheli ihlale kamnandi, kubandakanya nezipho ezinje ngomnqwazi we-10-gallon kunye nebhafu enkulu yebhotolo. Ngenye imini, inqwelomoya yaphosa isithsaba seentyatyambo kwindawo yakhe yokulala, kwaye nomlanjana wawugciniwe ngomnatha otyetyisiweyo ovela kwindawo yokutshixela ukuze umongameli abe nexesha lokuloba ngokulula.
Iimfihlo zeNtaba iRushmore Ityala: MPI / Getty IzithombeUTheodore Roosevelt akanxibanga ziglasi
Kuphela zi-pince-nez (kwaye ingezizo iilensi okanye iziqwenga zeendlebe) ezaziqoshwe ebusweni bukaMongameli Roosevelt kunye neentsika kwizidlele ezingasentla. Ukusuka kude, umphathi-ntloko ukhangeleka ngokungathi unikela ngezibuko. I-apos iyinto encomekayo yokukhanya kunye nomfanekiso oqingqiweyo.
Iimfihlo zeNtaba iRushmore Ityala: MPI / Getty Izithombe