Crazy Horse fund drive to go national
A Crazy Horse Memorial fund drive is about to go national:
The project is a huge undertaking and it's one everyone should see if they are anywhere near Mt. Rushmore. The fact that they have always and will continue to refuse government funds is an additional attractive feature to this landmark.
Read the entire article and if you can't go there you can visit the Crazy Horse Memorial website. It's pretty awesome!
CRAZY HORSE, S.D. - Crazy Horse Memorial will start its first national fund drive this fall.
The sculpture was started by the late Korczak Ziolkowski, who dreamed of honoring American Indians by carving a 563-foot-high likeness of Sioux warrior Crazy Horse into a granite mountain in the southern Black Hills.
The work began 1948. Ziolkowski died in 1982.
His widow, Ruth Ziolkowski, and their family have continued the work.
The sculpture now brings in millions of dollars every year, mainly through admission fees, and the family has held to Korczak's admonition to refuse government help to complete the project and instead rely on private enterprise.
The project is a huge undertaking and it's one everyone should see if they are anywhere near Mt. Rushmore. The fact that they have always and will continue to refuse government funds is an additional attractive feature to this landmark.
Read the entire article and if you can't go there you can visit the Crazy Horse Memorial website. It's pretty awesome!
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