Nations help tell the story of themselves to themselves with monuments, so let’s look at two famous ones in the US of A – Mount Rushmore and the Washington Monument. Secret rooms and hatches, astonishing racial insensitivity, UFOs, Bigfoot, interdimensional portals, ancient weather control tech and a countdown calendar to the Apocalypse. That’s a lot to deal with.
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SECTIONS
01:55 – The Heads. You’re Looking at the Heads: Mt. Rushmore (beginnings)
05:32 – Who’s who?
07:05 – Suggested additions
09:37 – Ch-ch-changes
10:31 – A chamber of secrets
13:54 – Black Hills Weirdness – UFOs, Bigfoot & portals
16:47 – Fort Igloo & the Vivos Group
18:04 – Mine’s Bigger – The Crazy Horse Memorial
21:51 – Tone Deaf Tourism – Stone Mountain, GA
26:03 – Phallic. Appalling. The Washington Monument
30:35 – Bench Mark A – a tiny monument
31:26 – A monument in Maryland
32:22 – Weather control device
35:20 – Obelisks are scary
36:33 – A monument to slavery
38:33 – Countdown clock to Armageddon
Music by Fanette Ronjat
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More Info:
75 Surprising Facts about Mount Rushmore https://www.travelsouthdakota.com/trip-ideas/story/75-surprising-facts-about-mount-rushmore
The Sordid History of Mount Rushmore in Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sordid-history-mount-rushmore-180960446/
The heartbreaking, controversial history of Mount Rushmore in National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/the-strange-and-controversial-history-of-mount-rushmore
Mount Rushmore’s Secret Chamber on History.com https://www.history.com/news/mount-rushmores-secret-chamber
Trumpmore article https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-has-mt-rushmore-sculpture-with-his-face-on-photos-2021-11
7 Ways to Enjoy Your Day at Mount Trashmore https://www.visitvirginiabeach.com/blog/post/7-ways-to-enjoy-your-day-at-mount-trashmore/
Atlas Obscura entries for area around Rushmore https://www.atlasobscura.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=mount+rushmore&lat=43.87910249999999&lng=-103.4590667
UFOs are no strangers to South Dakota in the Argus Leader https://eu.argusleader.com/story/news/dell-rapids/2015/08/25/ufos-strangers-south-dakota/32057919/
Bigfoot Field Researchers Association South Dakota sightings https://www.bfro.net/GDB/state_listing.asp?state=sd
Hidden Portals in Earth’s Magnetic Field on Nasa.gov https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/29jun_hiddenportals
Igloo, South Dakota: The Utopia That War Built https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/arts-and-culture/igloo-south-dakota-the-utopia-that-war-built/
Vivos Group website https://www.terravivos.com/
Black Hills Attractions https://www.alexjohnson.com/attractions/
Hotel Alex Johnson (haunted!) https://www.alexjohnson.com/lodging/room-packages/
Crazy Horse Memorial official website https://crazyhorsememorial.org/
Crazy Horse Memorial article on Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-horse-monument-isnt-finished-70-years-on-photos-2019-9
Stone Mountain, GA http://www.stonemountainguide.com/index.html
Washington Monument website https://www.nps.gov/wamo/index.htm
Washington Monument Access Hatch on Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/washington-monument-access-hatch
Washington Mini Monument on Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/washington-mini-monument
Middleton Monument https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/western/washington.aspx
COULD WASHINGTON D.C. BE PROTECTED BY ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TECHNOLOGY? https://www.ufodigest.com/article/could-washington-d-c-be-protected-by-ancient-egyptian-technology/
The Washington Monument Conspiracy https://christiancadre.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-washington-monument-conspiracy.html
Before 1619, there was 1526: The mystery of the first enslaved Africans in what became the United States https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/07/before-there-was-mystery-first-enslaved-africans-what-became-us/
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