Gov. Noem Urges President Biden to Reconsider Ban on Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration

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Gov. Noem Urges President Biden to Reconsider Ban on Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration

Amy Furr 13 Apr 2021

In a letter sent Tuesday, Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) requested President Joe Biden reverse his ban on Independence Day fireworks at Mount Rushmore.

Noem argued it would continue an agreement the government made with the state in 2020, according to Fox News.

“Last month, the National Park Service (NPS) notified us that they would be reneging on our Memorandum of Agreement to return fireworks to Mount Rushmore National Memorial in a safe and responsible manner,” her letter read in part:

There is a long history of celebrations of American independence at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, including fireworks displays from 1998 to 2009 and again in 2020. This year, as we mark our independence from this virus, Mount Rushmore would be the perfect place for a national celebration and fireworks show.

The governor cited a letter from NPS that listed several reasons it believed a fireworks display would not be “safe or responsible this year.” She added, “But the facts and data tell a very different story.”

“Last year, we hosted more than seven thousand people. Contact tracing weeks after the event could not trace a single case of COVID-19 to the event – in South Dakota or in any other state,” she wrote in regard to one of the agency’s concerns.

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https://www.breitbart.com/health/2021/04/13/gov-noem-urges-president-biden-reconsider-ban-mount-rushmore-fireworks-celebration/

[skeeter]

Fourth of July fireworks are nice & all but Noem needs to step up when it really matters, every time.