The Biden Administration is once again denying a fireworks display over Mount Rushmore for the 4th of July because they claim Native Americans don’t like it:
FOX NEWS – The National Park Service denied a request from South Dakota for an Independence Day fireworks celebration over Mount Rushmore for the second year in a row, citing the potential for wildfires and concerns and opposition from the tribal community.
“After careful consideration, the NPS has determined that we are unable to grant your request for this permit to hold a special event with fireworks at the Memorial,” the National Park Service wrote in a letter on March 14 to the South Dakota Department of Tourism. “Based on the information provided in the application, we have determined that multiple such criteria are present for the requested event, each of which would be independently sufficient to deny the request for a permit.”
The Park Service wrote that “fireworks are viewed by multiple Tribes as an adverse effect to the traditional cultural landscape,” and said that a Tribal Cultural Survey conducted in May 2021 after South Dakota’s 2020 fireworks event showed “ample opposition from the Tribes to the 2020 event.”
The NPS also said a fireworks event “poses threats to the environment and Memorial resources,” and warned that due to “current drought conditions and the 2022 wildfire outlook,” a firework event “would cause a high likelihood of a wildfire ignition.”
South Dakota, in 2020, hosted the fireworks display for the first time since 2009, after having been canceled due to wildfire risks.
This is such politically correct garbage. These leftists use the wildfire threat as cover for the real reason they are blocking it, which is to not offend Native Americans.
This is why states should own all the land in their states and the federal government should have nothing to do with it.