As events across the nation continue to be canceled during the coronavirus pandemic, one is back on for this year.
After 11 years of fireworks-free Fourth of Julys, Mount Rushmore’s celebration will return to South Dakota this year. The change was announced Tuesday and comes after an environmental assessment found that the fireworks display would not have a major impact, according to KOTA.
Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt called the display an “incredible spectacle.”
“President Trump and I believe that our nation’s founding should be celebrated with the same pomp and parade that John Adams described in 1776, and having a fireworks display at Mount Rushmore once again will be an incredible spectacle for the American people to enjoy,” Bernhardt said.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem praised efforts from the federal government to make the display come to fruition.
“We appreciate all the work President Trump and his team at the Department of the Interior have done to make this celebration possible again for the country,” she said.
The plans are contingent upon coronavirus reopening guidelines and potential anomalies with weather and wildfire conditions, but Trump has been invited to attend.
