The faces carved on Mount Rushmore are those of four U.S. presidents:

• George Washington, the first President, representing the birth of the nation.
• Thomas Jefferson, the third President, symbolizing the expansion of the country.
• Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President, embodying the development of the United States.
• Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President, representing the preservation of the nation during the Civil War.

These 60-foot-tall sculptures were created by Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln Borglum between 1927 and 1941 in the Black Hills of South Dakota