October 17, 2009

Crazy Horse Memorial, SD












Next day we headed up to Crazy Horse Memorial-only 8 miles from Mt. Rushmore,,now, that impressed me..talk about big? when finished - Mt. Rushmore[remember the measurements?] will fit in just the head of Crazy Horse...when finished the entire sculpture will measure 641 feet long and 563 feet high..and just the head of Crazy Horse is 87 feet high...after touring the museum, gift shops, watching a film, artists studio, we enjoyed a befitting lunch of indian fry bread taco and tatanka stew while looking up the mountain from the Laughing Water restaurant,,,,the sculpting started in 1948 when sculptor Korcazk Ziolkowski was invited by Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear to sculpt a hero of the red man letting the white man know they have heroes also,,,Korcazk, a firm believer in the free enterprise system, felt that Crazy Horse should be built by the interested public and not the taxpayer,,twice he turned down federal funding,,also knowing the project was larger than any one person's lifetime he left detailed plans and scale models to continue the project,,since his death in 1982, his wife and ten children working in concert with the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation Board of Directors, has directed the work which continues to make exciting progress each year,,all without state or federal funds,,to see the finished sculpture would be a dream of mine and so it shall be,,,











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