Crazy Horse Memorial
The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. It will depict the Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, riding a horse and pointing to his tribal land. The memorial was commissioned by Henry Standing Bear, a Lakota elder, to be sculpted by Korczak Ziolkowski. It is operated by the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
The Crazy Horse Memorial in 2020 | |
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| Location | Custer County, South Dakota, U.S. |
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| Designer | Korczak Ziolkowski |
| Type | Mountain carving monument |
| Material | Pegmatite granite |
| Length | 641 ft (195 m) (planned) |
| Height | 563 ft (172 m) (planned) |
| Beginning date | June 3, 1948 |
| Dedicated to | Crazy Horse |
| Website | crazyhorsememorial |
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The monument has been in progress since 1948 and is far from completion.
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