Mount Rushmore National Memorial, in South Dakota, is a sculpture carved into Mount Rushmore that shows giant portraits of four of the most influential United States presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. This is the order in which they appear on the mountain from left to right. If I were to develop a Mt. Rushmore of the 21st century, I would not feel obliged to limit my choices to US citizens or to US presidents. While I would certainly recognize major accomplishment of people from our country, I think that it is very important to look beyond our borders as well and celebrate people who contributed to the improvement of humanity and had an international impact. For this reason, my Mt. Rushmore of the 21st Century project would include President Barack Obama, Dr. …show more content…
These individuals all changed the world for different reasons, for example, by improving international relations, transforming the social, cultural, and political scene in our country and worldwide, and perhaps most importantly by advocating peace and equal rights for all people and all races. President Obama, in addition to being the first African-American US president, can be seen as a global leader on the world political scene. He has improved the world in many ways and contributed to maintain peace among superpowers. In my opinion, his finest achievements for our country were when he brought it out of the worst economic recession since the Great Depression and developed policies to give health insurance access to all people. Mohandas Gandhi was a leader of the Indian independence movement under the British rule. He led his country to freedom from the British Empire by stirring