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CBS SUNDAY MORNING will air a special segment on Sunday May 17.<\/p>\n<p>Del Bianco, an Italian immigrant and classically trained stone carver, was hired by designer Gutzon Borglum to be his only chief carver in 1933. Borglum charged Luigi with carving the \u201crefinement of expression\u201d in the faces of the four presidents.\u00a0<em>\u201cHe will have complete charge of the practical ways and means of dealing\u00a0<\/em><em>with the finesse of carving and instructing the other carvers\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/em>GUTZON BORGLUM, Sculptor\/Designer<\/p>\n<p>When the \u201cCarving of Mount Rushmore\u201d, by Rex Allan Smith, was published in 1985, Luigi\u2019s son Caesar was shocked to find that his father wasn\u2019t mentioned once. Luigi\u2019s grandson Lou discovered on a trip to Mount Rushmore that his grandfather was just a name on a giant plaque listing all 400 \u201cworkers\u201d equally, regardless of their role and contribution. Years of research by Caesar and Lou at the library of Congress unearthed a treasure trove of primary source documents proving once and for all Luigi\u2019s vital and singular importance to the work.<\/p>\n<p>The National Park Service has traditionally credited all the workers on the memorial as one team and has recently weighed the appropriate way to share Del Bianco\u2019s story in light of the historical evidence.\u00a0 To make a final determination on appropriate recognition, the National Park Service sent historians Bob Sutton and Tim Good to Port Chester, NY in October 2015 to review the 75 documents stored by Lou Del Bianco.\u00a0 They were impressed by the evidence and ultimately recommended that a plaque be installed at the memorial to recognize the gifted immigrant artisan, who, in his last interview, said that being Mount Rushmore\u2019s Chief Carver \u201cwas a great privilege granted me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>Lou has written a book about his grandfather entitled, \u201cOut of Rushmore\u2019s Shadow: The Luigi Del Bianco Story\u201d. The book lovingly details Luigi\u2019s immigrant experience, his adventure at Rushmore and the 25-year struggle his family took on to get him the recognition he so truly deserves. It will be published by Niche Content Press and will be available in September 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-915 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.ranausman.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luigitiff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.ranausman.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luigitiff.jpg 432w, https:\/\/dev.ranausman.com\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luigitiff-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday September 16, 2017, the National Park Service will dedicate a long overdue plaque to Luigi Del Bianco, Chief Carver on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. 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