For several years, online memes have claimed a racist and dark history attached to one of the most iconic U.S. monuments, Mount Rushmore. Its past came under scrutiny amid nationwide protests against ...
Matthew Davis, author of a Mount Rushmore biography, explains how four presidents ended up on a mountain that was never meant to honor them. When I was driving cross-country about 20 years ago, I ...
Matthew Davis is the author of “A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore,” which will be published in November. One hundred years after its initial dedication, Mount ...