[jiggyboy]

An amazing project even though it's barely recognizable as what it will look like when completed. All of Mount Rushmore would fit comfortably on his outstretched arm.

They refuse any money from the U.S. government for exactly the reasons you would expect.

[Parley Baer]

Agreed. Looks like they have a lot of work to do. I doubt it will be finished in my life time.

[goldfinch]

An amazing project even though it's barely recognizable as what it will look like when completed. All of Mount Rushmore would fit comfortably on his outstretched arm.

It has come a long way since I was a kid in the 50s. We used to go to the Black Hills every year. We would drive by and try to decide if we could see any progress since the last time we saw it. In the beginning, all the work was done by hand. By the time I was in college in the 60s, they finally got a bulldozer up on top and you could start to see the the area that will become the arm level out. It was at least a decade after that before they made the opening that will be under the arm. We used to joke about how they would be putting the finishing touch on the arm and go to chip out one last piece to make it perfect and the arm would break off at the elbow...

In the early days, some of the Dakota (Sioux) did not support the project saying it was another scar on their sacred land. I think they have made peace with it over the years...