RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA/Gray News) - Since 1941, there have been four iconic faces on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

But, could that change soon?

Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna recently proposed to add President Donald Trump’s face to one of America’s most iconic historical monuments.

“I think it’s a very prestigious thing to do,” a Nebraska woman visiting Mount Rushmore said.

Changing a national monument is a big deal.

“I’ve appreciated what Donald Trump has done, but he has much more to do. This is a work of art, and I just don’t feel comfortable defacing it by changing it at this point,” a Nebraska man said.

The Florida congresswoman argues Trump is deserving because of his economic, foreign policy and national security accomplishments.

“He’s a person that brings so much controversy to everything, I’m afraid that it would make a memorial that should be something we celebrate together, something that wouldn’t be that any longer, at least for this generation,” the Nebraska man added.

The monument with presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln has long been a symbol of history and legacy.

“I’m Egyptian, so it’d be like if you add another pyramid on top of the pyramid that’s been built. Why would you?” a visitor from New Mexico said. “It kind of covers up the history.

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