SD Governor invites Trump to fireworks on Mount Rushmore

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President Donald Trump is heartfeltly invited to South Dakota for a July 4, 2026, fireworks celebration on the state’s most recognizable symbol.

The South Dakota government Larry Rhoden invited Trump to visit Mount Rushmore to celebrate the country’s 250 -year birthday for Independence Day next year, according to a news announcement from his office.

“We are ready to throw the biggest birthday party ever to the United States of America. And there is no better place to do it than Mount Rushmore, ”the rhoden wrote in a letter to the president. “I trust you will work closely with us to make it happen, and we can’t wait to see you there.”

The idea of ​​holding a fireworks at Mount Rushmore has been a political football for the state’s executive branch.

Former government conference Kristi Noem applied to hold a fireworks celebration in front of National Memorial in 2022 and 2021, but the national parks under former President Joe Biden both refused because of the tribe’s opposition to a fireworks in 2020, which Trump participated in his first period .

In the 2022 -denial letter, National Park’s service said that several stems so the fireworks as a “negative effect for the traditional cultural landscape.” The agency also said that fireworks are “threats to the environment and memorials” due to an increased fire threat.

The event of 2020 led to protests near the place because of Trump’s presence and original groups that consider the monument as a symbol of the colonization of Native American countries.

Rhod’s invitation comes only a few days after we rep. Dusty Johnson wrote one similar letter To Trump and Secretary of the Inner Doug Burgum, former governor of North Dakota, to host an independence day fireworks event on the memorial.