In my rush to catch up with our activities I admit I skipped over our stop at the Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills.
It's hard to tell from the distance but the hole under the arm is tall enough for a ten story builing to fit in. The dimensions are far bigger than the faces on Mt. Rushmore
This statue is being blasted out of granite and will be the biggest statue in the world. It was started in 1948 at the request of The Lakota tribe elders to show the White Man that the Indians have great heros too. Private donations pay for everything, no government funds have been asked for. You should google "Crazy Horse" for the complete story.
There are long range plans to make it the site a center for Native American education and culture.
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