Before he created Mount Rushmore, Gutzon Borglum already had a productive and successful career as an artist.
The Governor of South Dakota signed the Mount Harney bill, allowing for the carving of a monument in Custer State Park in 1925.
Dolley accepts a marriage proposal by James Madison, who had been engaged once before but never married.
She was nicknamed "Queen Dolley," and when she died she was given the largest state funeral the capital had ever seen for a woman.
Learn more about the detailed process of creating the costumes for the film.
Learn more from the creator of the film's turbans like Dolley was so famous for donning.
Watch a deleted scene from the film about Dolley Madison's "squeezes".
A deleted scene from the film about Congress and parties.
Often called “the first First Lady,” Dolley Madison defined the role of the President’s wife and hostess.
The only president to serve two non-consecutive terms, Grover Cleveland's second term coincided with a financial depression, the Panic of 1893.
Billed as the "Manifest Destiny" candidate, Polk negotiated the Oregon territory to the north.
The Battle of Belleau Wood in 1918 has since achieved near mythic status in U.S. military history, particularly for the U.S. Marines.
