National Park Service denies South Dakota request for Mount Rushmore Independence Day fireworks – IOTW Report

National Park Service denies South Dakota request for Mount Rushmore Independence Day fireworks

Fox– The National Park Service denied a request from South Dakota for an Independence Day fireworks celebration over Mount Rushmore for the second year in a row, citing the potential for wildfires and concerns and opposition from the tribal community.

“After careful consideration, the NPS has determined that we are unable to grant your request for this permit to hold a special event with fireworks at the Memorial,” the National Park Service wrote in a letter on March 14 to the South Dakota Department of Tourism. “Based on the information provided in the application, we have determined that multiple such criteria are present for the requested event, each of which would be independently sufficient to deny the request for a permit.”

The Park Service wrote that “fireworks are viewed by multiple Tribes as an adverse effect to the traditional cultural landscape,” and said that a Tribal Cultural Survey conducted in May 2021 after South Dakota’s 2020 fireworks event showed “ample opposition from the Tribes to the 2020 event.” 

24 Comments on National Park Service denies South Dakota request for Mount Rushmore Independence Day fireworks

  1. …let me give you the HONEST version.

    “The NPS, as one of the first agencies proudly weaponized to enforce Obama’s Stimulus Shutdown, is pleased to inform you that, according to current Administration guidelines, we will not permit you this celebration in any form, under any circumstances.

    The reason is simple. The country you wish to celebrate is dead, and we are one of many agencies tasked to ensure it stays that way.

    Don’t bother us any more with this, as the answer will be the same. Also, be advised that your personal information has been forwarded to DHS Secretary Mayorkas for investigation as a potential terrorist threat. We will have someone there to interrogate you shortly.

    Have a nice day,
    Y̶o̶u̶r̶ National Park Service.

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  2. Have it anyway, push back on the morons who think they own the place…like the Montana Petroleum Association is doing, restarting dormant wells despite Brandon hamstringing the industry.

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  3. Do it anyway & refuse to pay the fine!

    What are they going to do about it, wake up the Idiot between his nightly mattress pissings?

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  4. I lived in SD in the early ‘80s. My neighbors greeted me with “Welcome to South Dakota!. Welcome to 1960!” If it weren’t for the dang winters where -5 was a balmy day, I’d still be there.

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  5. hmmmm. white man ride many miles on iron horse to see little white ball spin round wheel of many number. leave heap big wampum on table drink firewater good for ancestral lands. sky fires disturb spirits in sky bring no wampum bad

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  6. South Dakota should take over Mt Rushmore and have the fireworks anyway The national Parks have become just like thw feds they think they can dictate to who ever goes into the national Parks well I am going to boycott the fedural parks to hell with them and the gestapo park rangers I am fed up .

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  7. Do it anyway, Christie. This is Women’s month. You don’t need cojones…Biden, et.al., wouldn’t recoognize them anyway. They are afraid of the Truth, and strong women!

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