We Build our Disney Mt Rushmore!

This week we chose the BEST Dark Rides, E-Ticket Attractions, Park Icons, and Characters, which deserve to be etched into stone!

First, we covered a little history of Mt Rushmore… because like most American monuments, it’s on stolen land. Here’s the history we quoted directly from “Native Americans and Mount Rushmore” on PBS.org.

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived. For some, the four presidents carved in the hill are not without negative symbolism. The Sioux have never had much luck dealing with white men.

In the Treaty of 1868, the U.S. government promised the Sioux territory that included the Black Hills in perpetuity. Perpetuity lasted only until gold was found in the mountains and prospectors migrated there in the 1870s. The federal government then forced the Sioux to relinquish the Black Hills portion of their reservation.

PBS.org, “Native Americans and Mount Rushmore”

So our fake Mount Rushmores absolutely do not exist on stolen land, and are…. pretty interesting!

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