fogtender
Now a Published Author
The Memorial to Martin Luther brings to mind all the money that was raised to build it and then have it carved in China, the costs and what was delivered don't add up, but it was a private operation.
A few years ago I went to the Crazy Horse Site where they were carving Crazy Horse as a tribute to the American Indian. In my opinion they are being hoodwinked to say the least.
http://www.crazyhorsememorial.org/
When I stopped there, they charged about twenty to thirty dollars a car load of people to get into the place. They started building this decades ago and brag that they don't accept any Federal Funding... In that lays the rub... Since they don't except any outside funding, they are also not going to be questioned on where the money goes.
They bring in Millions of dollars a year by charging admission and selling of everything to going to the top of the Mountain with the family to get their photo taken to a museum where they sell overpriced stuff. It was about two thousand dollars to got to the face and have your photo taken with Korczak Ziolkowski's widow... Seems that if it was an active construction site, that would be off limits with blasting and jackhammer and stuff...
The thing I noticed is that there wasn't anyone actually working on the monument... It has turned into a cash cow and the family of the man that started to do the carving has all but stopped the work. Oh enough gets done to have a party now and then, but there is no equipment working, nor were there any people working on the mountain as well.
The American Indians that this is suppose to be for, are getting ripped off in their name for the exclusive family that is suppose to be making this a for them. If they don't except any Federal/State money, they aren't accountable.
I think when Korczak Ziolkowski first accepted the offer to build the carving, he was sincere about it, he worked on Mount Rushmore when it was done. After the money started to flow, I think he saw a milk-cow to be milked, and the entire project turned into an business instead of a gift to the Indians.
Anyway, if you look at the photos on line of the history, I think I could carve the Monument myself with a fingernail file faster than what they are doing with millions of dollars they take in each year. Lots of press, but nothing is really getting done.
This is just another case of Ripping off the American Indian IMHO...
As a note, my Grandmother was full blooded Cherokee and met my Grandfather on the Trail of Tears when he was a scout hired to march them to Oklahoma. He ran off with her and her brother to Oregon which was wilderness for the most part back then.
A few years ago I went to the Crazy Horse Site where they were carving Crazy Horse as a tribute to the American Indian. In my opinion they are being hoodwinked to say the least.
http://www.crazyhorsememorial.org/
When I stopped there, they charged about twenty to thirty dollars a car load of people to get into the place. They started building this decades ago and brag that they don't accept any Federal Funding... In that lays the rub... Since they don't except any outside funding, they are also not going to be questioned on where the money goes.
They bring in Millions of dollars a year by charging admission and selling of everything to going to the top of the Mountain with the family to get their photo taken to a museum where they sell overpriced stuff. It was about two thousand dollars to got to the face and have your photo taken with Korczak Ziolkowski's widow... Seems that if it was an active construction site, that would be off limits with blasting and jackhammer and stuff...
The thing I noticed is that there wasn't anyone actually working on the monument... It has turned into a cash cow and the family of the man that started to do the carving has all but stopped the work. Oh enough gets done to have a party now and then, but there is no equipment working, nor were there any people working on the mountain as well.
The American Indians that this is suppose to be for, are getting ripped off in their name for the exclusive family that is suppose to be making this a for them. If they don't except any Federal/State money, they aren't accountable.
I think when Korczak Ziolkowski first accepted the offer to build the carving, he was sincere about it, he worked on Mount Rushmore when it was done. After the money started to flow, I think he saw a milk-cow to be milked, and the entire project turned into an business instead of a gift to the Indians.
Anyway, if you look at the photos on line of the history, I think I could carve the Monument myself with a fingernail file faster than what they are doing with millions of dollars they take in each year. Lots of press, but nothing is really getting done.
This is just another case of Ripping off the American Indian IMHO...
As a note, my Grandmother was full blooded Cherokee and met my Grandfather on the Trail of Tears when he was a scout hired to march them to Oklahoma. He ran off with her and her brother to Oregon which was wilderness for the most part back then.
