Secret Room Found Behind Face On Rushmore Hid Shocking Find Inside
By Timfly
The majesty of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota has always been a draw for tourists, but now the national monument just got a lot more interesting. While he was getting aerial footage of the faces carved into the mountainside, a photographer noticed what appeared to be a door behind Abraham Lincoln’s face, and now investigators know the shocking secret hidden in a room that was thought to be just a maintenance tunnel.
Secret room behind Lincoln’s head at Mount Rushmore
The popular landmark has been a tourist attraction for years as a prominent part of our country, but while visitors stood before this massive monument, they had no clue what was right behind Lincoln’s chiseled face. It’s nearly impossible for anyone to get to where this secret vault is, up the steep and rocky terrain, but someone did at one point and left something incredible behind.
When Gutzon Borglum began the impressive sculpture in 1938, his plan was to include sculpture designs of major moments in U.S. history along with the presidents. He was forced to simplify it to just the four presidents — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln — when his goal proved to be unrealistic. However, he added one lesser-known detail with the famous faces.
Borglum began digging what ended up being a 70-foot vault but died before it and the monument was finished. The project was revived decades later in the 1990’s. The secret room, called the Hall of Records, was completed to fulfill the sculptors original intent for it, which was to hold identifying documents he hoped would be found by future civilization to learn more about the United States, according to the National Park Service.
Documents that have now been locked in a vault in the Hall Of Records
After the titanium vault was completed, it became a hidden home to porcelain enamel panels displaying the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. The room is protected by a granite capstone door with a quote from Borglum inscribed on it: “… breathe a prayer that these records will endure until the wind and rain alone shall wear them away."
The pride Borglum had for the country is as impressive as his creation, and this history he left behind serves as a reminder that America is worth fighting for and preserving. Many people have lost track of the foundation our nation was built on, but Borglum etched it in stone.
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