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The Hall of Records is a little-known chamber behind the carvings at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial. It is mentioned in the movie National Treasure Book of Secrets.
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Paul Horsted > Aerial view of Mt. Rushmore, showing the carved presidential faces at left. The Hall of Records was carved into solid granite on the wall of the canyon behind the faces; the opening to the Hall of Records is visible in this view.
Paul Horsted > Aerial view of Mt. Rushmore, showing the carved presidential faces at left. The Hall of Records was carved into solid granite on the wall of the canyon behind the faces; the opening to the Hall of Records is visible in this view.
Paul Horsted > Looking across the top of Mt. Rushmore, the profile of Thomas Jefferson is visible at left; at right, in a small canyon below, is the Hall of Records, directly behind the famous granite carvings of the presidents. The white cap in the foreground at left is a housing for equipment used to monitor the stability of the mountain carving. Other monitoring devices can be seen near center, on the right side of Theodore Roosevelt's hair.
Paul Horsted > Looking down at the Hall of Records from on top of Mt. Rushmore National Memorial.
Paul Horsted > A granite capstone lies over a chamber (containing a titanium box) carved in 1998 in the floor of the Hall of Records at Mt. Rushmore. The box beneath the capstone contains sixteen porcelain enamel panels. On these panels are written the words of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, a history of how and why Mount Rushmore was carved, a history of the four presidents with quotes from each, a biography on Gutzon Borglum, and the history of the United States. The inscription on the capstone comes from Gutzon Borglum's speech at the 1930 dedication of the Washington figure.
Paul Horsted > A granite capstone lies over a chamber (containing a titanium box) carved in 1998 in the floor of the Hall of Records at Mt. Rushmore. The box contains sixteen porcelain enamel panels. On these panels are written the words of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, a history of how and why Mount Rushmore was carved, a history of the four presidents with quotes from each, a biography on Gutzon Borglum, and the history of the United States. The inscription on the capstone comes from Gutzon Borglum's speech at the 1930 dedication of the Washington figure.
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Paul Horsted > A view near the back of the Hall of Records near Mt. Rushmore. The tunnel rises near the back in a series of carved steps.
Paul Horsted > A view looking out from the Hall of Records at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial. The granite wall on the opposite side of the canyon is directly behind the mountain carving of 4 presidents.
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