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Special Event

Event

Independence Day Activities

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Fee:

Free.

Dates & Times

Date:

Friday, July 4, 2025

Time:

9:30 AM

Duration:

12 hours and 15 minutes

Type of Event

Cultural/Craft Demonstration
Living History
Other
Performance
Talk

Activities are throughout the day with special presentations, talks, and performances.

Description

July 4th daytime visitors can enjoy the presidential re-enactors, Native performers and culture bearers, a musical performance by The Air Force Academy Band, and the traditional Evening Lighting Program.

Daytime activities:

George Washington:

  • 9:30 - 10:15am - Roving the park grounds
  • 11:00 - 11:45am - Roving the park grounds
  • 12:30 - 1:15pm - Autographs in the Visitor Center
  • 2:00 - 2:45pm - Presentation, Theater B in the Visitor Center
  • 3:30 - 4:15pm - Roving the park grounds

Thomas Jefferson:

  • 9:30 - 10:15am - Roving the park grounds
  • 11:00 - 11:45am - Declaration of Independence, Flag Folding
  • 12:30 - 1:15pm - Roving the park grounds
  • 2:00 - 2:45pm - Autographs in the Visitor Center
  • 3:30 - 4:15pm - Presentation, Theater B in the Visitor Center

Abraham Lincoln:

  • 9:30 - 10:15am - Autographs in the Visitor Center
  • 11:00 - 11:45am - Presentation, Theater B in the Visitor Center
  • 12:30 - 1:15pm - Roving the park grounds
  • 2:00- 2:45pm - Roving the park grounds
  • 3:30 - 4:15pm - Autographs in the Visitor Center

Theodore Roosevelt:

9:30 - 10:15am - Roving the park grounds
11:00 - 11:45am - Autographs in the Visitor Center
12:30 - 1:15pm - Presentation, Theater B in the Visitor Center
2:00 - 2:45pm - Roving the park grounds
3:30 - 4:15pm - Roving the park grounds

Indigenous Cultural Programming:

9:30 - 10:15am - Hoop Dancing with Jasmine Bell, Grand View Terrace


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Reservation or Registration: No