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Rushmor

e i n th e Blac k Hill s o f Sout h

Dakota

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n represent s th e figh t fo r libert y an d th e birt h o f th e

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n embodie s th e preservatio n o f th e Union an d

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t depict s th e expansio n an d conservatio n o f th e Natio n a s i t i s today MOUN T

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THE CARVING OF A MOUNTAIN

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