On the heels of this year’s 4th of July holiday, the South Dakota Department of Tourism, on behalf of Governor Noem, submitted its application for a special use permit for the 2024 Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration. The application was submitted to the National Parks Service.
The Fireworks Celebration was returned to Mount Rushmore in 2020 after being canceled for more than a decade. President Biden and the National Parks Service rejected the permit applications for the 2021, 2022, and 2023 celebrations.