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Horse Monument Crazy Horse, SD |
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the course of history has been toldLet these truths here carved be known: Conscience dictates civilizations live And duty ours to place before the world, A chronicle which will long endure. For like all things under us and beyond Inevitably we must pass into oblivion. This
land of refuge to the stranger
Was ours for countless eons before: Civilizations majestic and mighty, Our gifts were many which we shared And gratitude for them was known. But later, given my oppressed ones Were murder, rape and sanguine war. Looking
east from whence invaders came,
Greedy usurpers of our heritage. For us the past is in our hearts, The future never to be fulfilled. To you I give this granite epic For your descendants to always know– "My
lands are where my dead lie buried."
(Above text to be carved on the mountain in 3 foot high letters) Click Here for the Story of the Crazy Horse Memorial. |
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Amanda thought Korczak was the kind of guy that wouldn't give up. He worked on it until he died. The family is still keeping it going, even though Korczak is dead, so lots of people can see it. It is a very special place. "It's humongous. Crazy Horse's head is bigger than all the Mt. Rushmore heads put together." Harrison thinks that if they made it a National Monument they would get a lot more money to finish building it. They are making an orientation building for visitors, and that takes some of the money away from carving. |
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) Korczak
was an accomplished sculptor. This photo of his Fighting Stallions
is larger than life size, with both horses balanced on only one tail. This
sculpture was chosen to adorn a memorial in the South Dakota state capitol
for eight plane crash victims, including Gov. George S. Mickelson, who helped
his father, then governor himself, to set off the first blast on Crazy Horse
in 1948 when he was eight years old. |
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There are a few museums at Crazy Horse Monument that are worth browsing. There is one on the life and works of Korczak Ziolkowski, and another on Native American arts. Crazy Horse Monument is very close to Mt. Rushmore and both can be seen in a day. We went to Rushmore first, then to Crazy Horse, then back to Rushmore in the evening for the night program. You might want to save some drive time and do Crazy Horse in the morning, then spend the rest of the day at Rushmore. Dress in layers. It was surprisingly cool in early September and we wished we hadn't worn shorts. |
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The
Life and Death of Crazy Horse