• Mount Rushmore framed by ponderosa pine trees under a bright blue sky.

    Mount Rushmore

    National Memorial South Dakota

Independence Day Events 2011

Numerous activities are available on July 3rd and 4th, 2011. The daytime activities for July 3rd are listed below.

Click here to view the evening activities for July 3rd.

Click here to view the daytime activities for July 4th.

Click here to download the complete schedule (23k PDF).

Our regular Evening Lighting Ceremony will be held July 4th at 9:00 p.m.

 

July 3rd Daytime Events

Germans From Russia
9:00 - 9:40 a.m. Display Area
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Grand View Terrace

Jasmine Pickner (Hoop Dancing)
12:00 - 12:45 p.m. Grand View Terrace
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Grand View Terrace
 
Sequoia Crosswhite (Flute Player)
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Heritage Village (all times)
10:30 - 11:15 a.m.  
12:00 - 12:45 p.m.  
1:30 - 2:15 p.m.  

Carl Closs (as George Washington)
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Theater B, Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Roving
12:00 - 12:45 p.m. Autographs in Breezeway
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Roving
3:00 - 4:15 p.m. Theater B, Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center
4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Roving

Tom Pitz (as Thomas Jefferson)
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Roving
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Theater B, Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center
12:00 - 12:45 p.m. Autographs in Breezeway
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Roving
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Theater B, Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center
4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Roving

Fritz Klein (as Abraham Lincoln)
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Autographs in Breezeway
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Roving
12:00 - 12:45 p.m. Theater B, Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Roving
3:00 - 4:15 p.m. Autographs in Breezeway
4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Roving

Gib Young (as Theodore Roosevelt)
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Roving
10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

Autographs in Breezeway

12:00 - 12:45 p.m. Roving
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Theater B, Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Roving
4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Roving

Lou Del Bianco (Grandson of Mr. Del Bianco, Mount Rushmore worker)
10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Sculptor's Studio (all times)
1:30 - 2:15 p.m.  
4:30 - 5:15 p.m.  

 

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

Blue Flax is one of the common flowers found at Mount Rushmore in late spring and early summer.  American Indians used seeds from this plant to flavor their food.