Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803)

Samuel Adams was a politician in colonial Massachusetts and one of the Founding
Fathers of the United States. He was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. Adams was a
second cousin to President John Adams.

Note: Samuel Adams did indeed operate a malt house in Boston, Massachusetts,
but after a few years, the entire company eventually went bankrupt. He lost a large
sum of his father’s money and returned to politics.

 
Mount Rushmore during construction

Carving of Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore, ca. 1934

On October 4, 1927, the carving process began on Mount Rushmore National 
Memorial in the solid granite Black Hills of South Dakota.The face of Abraham 
Lincoln was dedicated on September 17, 1937. Work on the massive sculpture, 
one of the largest ever completed, continued until October 1941.