Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Entrance to the National Monument...looking south and east from the parking deck...

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

George, Tom, Teddy, and Abe greeted us from the parking lot...

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

The sprawling entrance to the memorial...

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Yup, we're at the right place...

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

The faces are ever present as you approach the viewing deck...

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

The 'Avenue of Flags'...

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Michigan at Mt. Rushmore...

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

The monument from the viewing deck which doubles as the roof of the visitor center...

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

A closer look...

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

George Washington, Father of the Nation

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Thomas Jefferson, the Expansionist

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Theodore Roosevelt, Protector of the Working Man