Monumental ControversiesIn recent years the United States has witnessed major controversies surrounding past American presidents, monuments, and sites. Consider Mount Rushmore, which features the heads of the nations most revered presidentsGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Is Rushmore a proud national achievement or a symbol of the U. S. theft and desecration of the Lakota Siouxs sacred land? Is it fair to denigrate George