This man is from St Simons and is talking about “we.” They couldn’t find anyone within 200 miles to put their name on this
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![While it has been claimed that Borglum was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, 124] an article in the Smithsonian Magazine denies that there is proof that he officially joined the KKK.125] That said, he became "deeply involved in Klan politics", attending Klan rallies and serving on Klan committees. 261 In 1925, having only completed](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:it3nm4qof4r5da3upkcaictx/bafkreidvepqukkvrczvg5ptjzzanhghypz5ndtxaiciihaowv76srqdcgm)
![Concept, design and funding
By the 1920s, South Dakota had become a U.S. state, and was a popular destination for road trippers visiting the Black Hills National Forest, Wind Cave National Park, and Needles Highway.
115) In 1923,1261127) the Secretary of the South Dakota State Historical Society, Doane Robinson, who would come to be known as the "Father of Mount Rushmore" [171[28] learned about the
"Shrine to the Confederacy", a project to carve the likenesses of Confederate generals into the side of Stone Mountain, Georgia that had been underway since 1915.115] Seeking to boost tourism to South Dakota, Robinson began promoting the idea of a similar monument in the Black Hills,117] representing "not only the wild grandeur of its local geography but also the triumph of western civilization over that geography through its anthropomorphic representation."[29]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:it3nm4qof4r5da3upkcaictx/bafkreiceaf6ghkpqi2kr4fkqt2pp7nngzedbq2lrkbd6f4kse56mmpx5ge)
