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Mount Rushmore (2287)

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a park in the United States that pays homage to four of America's most memorable Presidents.

The Presidents featured on the mountain are Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington.

Background

Based on a rough cut of a scene not included in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, sometime prior to the 2280s the head of an African-American woman President was added to the monument.

The script originally called for Pavel Chekov and Hikaru Sulu to hike in the park at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, and get lost in the woods.

The final cut of the movie did not include the Rushmore reference and instead implied that Chekov and Sulu were instead exploring Yosemite National Park, where Kirk and the others were camping. The extended scene, had it been completed and included, would have indicated that they were elsewhere when the camera panned out to reveal Mount Rushmore.

The existence of the female president and the modifications to Mt. Rushmore are therefore non-canon, but interesting. The illustration above is a roughversion of a production matte painting included in a section of the DVD with deleted and alternate scenes not included in any of the final cut.

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