Borglum set the dedication of the Lincoln head for September 17, which was the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. He planned the ceremony also to be a commemoration of a “roll of honor” of men who had been important to Rushmore and now were dead. In addition to the more familiar names, his list included Dr. C. C. O’Hara, geologist and former president of the South Dakota School of Mines; Joseph Cullinan and Julius Rosenwald, former Rushmore commissioners; Bruce Yates, former general manager of the Homestake Mine, and Senator Coleman DuPont, both of whom had been responsible
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