{"id":33361,"date":"2025-06-29T22:35:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=33361"},"modified":"2025-06-29T22:35:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:35:34","slug":"fireworks-returning-to-mount-rushmore-for-americas-250th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=33361","title":{"rendered":"Fireworks Returning to Mount Rushmore for America\u2019s 250th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18141\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/512671572_1200828578756409_131457205321194327_n.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/512671572_1200828578756409_131457205321194327_n.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/512671572_1200828578756409_131457205321194327_n-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/512671572_1200828578756409_131457205321194327_n-768x394.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>America will be celebrating its 250th birthday in style next year.<\/p>\n<p>South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced plans for a Mount Rushmore Fireworks celebration to commemorate America\u2019s 250th birthday on the Fourth of July 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSouth Dakota is the epitome of freedom, so it is only fitting to throw the biggest birthday party ever for the United States of America in our backyard,\u201d said Rhoden. \u201cPresident John Adams said that Independence Day, \u2018ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade \u2026 bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more.\u2019 These fireworks achieve that mission, and I am grateful for Secretary Burgum and President Trump\u2019s partnership. You won\u2019t want to miss it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rhoden and Burgum had previously agreed to bring back the fireworks next year, but have formalized it with a Memorandum of Agreement to move forward with planning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext year, America will celebrate 250 years of independence, and it is a priority of President Trump and the Department of the Interior to ensure we have the appropriate celebration for the greatest nation in the world,\u201d said Burgum. \u201cThe department looks forward to ensuring the two and a half centuries of American leadership, growth, and strength are honored during this historic celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America will be celebrating its 250th birthday in style next year. South Dakota Gov. 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