following their memorial service for Borglum they all signed a petition that read: We, the men who have worked under Gutzon Borglum on Mount Rushmore in past years do hereby and hereon unanimously petition the Mount Rushmore Memorial Commission to permit Lincoln Borglum, his son, to take full charge and complete the work as to his father’s wishes. Mary Borglum disagreed also, and wrote to Congressman Case, “Of course the thing dearest to [Gutzon’s] heart was Rushmore and the wish that Lincoln should carry on.…” And William Williamson disagreed, and told the press: “To accomplish such a project
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