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1924, Borglum Dismissed, p2


This also had the unintended effect of freeing Gutzon Borglum for work on the Mount Rushmore project in South Dakota. One of his first acts was to suggest changing the subjects to national figures instead of local icons, the better to attract tourists nationwide.
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