Crazy Horse.When you here that what do you think of.When I first heard we were going to see the Crazy Horse monument I thought we were going to go see a giant horse head that had been carved into stone.When you here the name Mount Rushmore what do you think of.Do you ever wonder why the presidents are in that order or why those are the 4 presidents that have had here faces carved into stone.You see.Where I went today explains all those things.The Crazy Horse monument and Mount Rushmore.But do you know these things.The crazy Horse monument was created by a man named Korkczak Ziolkawski was born in Boston of polish decent.He had started carving crazy horse when he was fairly young and he brought his ten children five boys,five girls,and hid wife into the process.Even though Korkczak is now dead,7 of his 10 children continue to work on crazy horse to this day and i even saw them work on it when i was there.The head of crazy horse is 87 and a half feet long.His arm,263 feet.His hand,33 feet.His horses mane,62 feet and his horses head,219 feet.The feather in crazy horses hair is 44 feet.The total hight of this monument is 563 and,it is 641 feet long.
Now I have a question for you.why were those 4 presidents put on Mount Rushmore...
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