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July 3 Fireworks
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July 3rd fireworks display held annually at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
 

2008 Independence Day Celebration a Success!

The July 3 Independence Day Celebration was a success.  Approximately 30,000 people came to the memorial to see the evening fireworks display.

Festivities will continue on July 4 with music starting in the amphitheater at 5:30 p.m. and concluding with the Evening Program and sculpture illumination at 9:00 p.m.

Please check back next June for information on the 2009 Independence Day Celebration.
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Did You Know?  

Did You Know?
That there is a cave in the mountain behind the heads on Mount Rushmore? It is called the Hall of Records. Gutzon Borglum and his workers started the drilling in July of 1938 and work was halted in July of 1939.

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Last Updated: July 17, 2008 at 11:28 EST