--Fireworks at Mount Rushmore for the first time since 2009.
--1500 visitor tickets were drawn by lottery from over 100k requests
--President Trump to attend
--Gov. Kristi Noem has warned terrorist-vandals that no harm will come to Mt Rushmore "on her watch"
--Julian Bear Runner, president of the Ogala Sioux Tribe has organized a protest lamenting the Rushmore monument on tribal land never ceded to the USA. He's also one of these leftists who wants the monument, like so many statutes recently, to "come down."


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Sounds like a great time!

(Only 1500 people. Mount Rushmore. Fireworks & President Trump? Wish I could see that.)

You have a great governor in SD.

They should bring in some of these for air support, should the leftists try anything funny on Mt Rushmore....

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Originally posted by 12131:
You have a great governor in SD.

No kidding. I wish we could clone her.

Jim

Just think of how long it took water to carve those faces!

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Just think of how long it took water to carve those faces!

It was wind I think.

Jim

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Originally posted by 12131:
You have a great governor in SD.

She's a "I don't take no shit!" rancher - politician.

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Originally posted by sigalert:
Wish I could see that.)

In the past the fireworks were broadcast on TV. Bets are they will again this year along with other sites like YouTube.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
They should bring in some of these for air support, should the leftists try anything funny on Mt Rushmore....

We've got B1-Bs locally and they have smart targeting munitions.

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Originally posted by Jimbo54:

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Just think of how long it took water to carve those faces!

It was wind I think.

Here's a nice site showing the carving progress and some history about the effort.
https://mashable.com/2016/10/1...ving-mount-rushmore/

Having lived close by (in SD/WY terms) for several years when we were in Gillette, I always loved the Black Hills area. Had to spend about six months in Hot Springs filling a position while someone was out on medical leave and got the chance to drive all over and explore. I'd move to RC in a heartbeat if I were able to.

And the same comment about your governor, she seems like my kind of lady!

When I was at Sturgis back a few years, we rode over to the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore. It is awesome!!

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Originally posted by bald1: She's a "I don't take no shit!" rancher - politician.

She sounds more like a leader than todays pandering politicians.

Live streaming of the fireworks:

https://www.myworldevents.com/...-july-fireworks.html

TV & Live Streaming

As one of the few 4th July fireworks displays still going ahead, and with President Trump also set to attend, there is certain to be plenty of interest and coverage of the event.

We'll have all the best TV and live stream links here on the day of the show.

In the meantime, the Mount Rushmore webcam takes you live to the venue 24 hours a day:

Mount Rushmore webcam

Addendum: sorry, looks like the webcam is temporarily offline

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Originally posted by 1s1k:

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Originally posted by bald1: She's a "I don't take no shit!" rancher - politician.

She sounds more like a leader than todays pandering politicians.

Exactly! And her refusal to lockdown the State during the pandemic and trust South Dakotans to "do the right thing" earned her vitriol and hate from the left throughout the country. She refused to be pressured and our results speak volumes to the sanity and correctness of her position.

hey bald1,
We will trade you, strait up for our great Governor.
Rod, in the once great state of Michigan

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Originally posted by sig sailor:
hey bald1,
We will trade you, straight up for our great Michigan Governor.

Sorry. No way in hell!

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Originally posted by bald1:

Here's a nice site showing the carving progress and some history about the effort.
https://mashable.com/2016/10/1...ving-mount-rushmore/

Very cool website, thanks.
One of my first thought though was that if OSHA could go back in time it wouldn't exist.

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Originally posted by bald1:

Exactly! And her refusal to lockdown the State during the pandemic and trust South Dakotans to "do the right thing" earned her vitriol and hate from the left throughout the country. She refused to be pressured and our results speak volumes to the sanity and correctness of her position.

The Iowa governor (R and female) also stood her her ground. Go Kim Reynolds!!

I assume there will be adequate preparations to fight/contain any fires that might get started.

flashguy

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I assume there will be adequate preparations to fight/contain any fires that might get started.

No doubt and FWIW they just had "practice" with the Mine Draw Fire this week just 6 miles south of Mt Rushmore.

Too bad he couldn't do this during Sturgis, they voted to have the bike week, city is open for the event, nothing like a couple hundred thousand bikers roar up for Trump...