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  • National Parks: America's Best Idea

THE NATIONAL PARKS | Mount Rushmore: Telling America's Stories | PBS

Duration: 09:33
Program: National Parks: America's Best Idea
Broadcast Date: Sep. 27, 2009

Mount Rushmore: Telling America's Stories focuses on the new interpretive program at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, spearheaded by Supt. Gerard Baker. In addition to telling the traditional stories of the carving of the mountain and of the four presidents memorialized there, the program now highlights the stories and cultures of all Americans, including American Indians, imparting a more complex and complete understanding of the National Parks and the legacies they protect.

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Post Date: August 27, 2009