No protesters appear for Trump’s Mount Rushmore fireworks six years after clash resulted in arrests

By: Joshua Haiar

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: July 3, 2026

Words: 747

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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KEYSTONE — Six years after authorities arrested demonstrators blocking a road leading to a fireworks display featuring President Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore, the same area stood empty as he returned.

The National Park Service reserved a 100-foot-long zone for First Amendment activities Friday along the highway leading out of the town of Keystone and toward the mountain carving in western South Dakota’s Black Hills.

By the late afternoon, nobody had showed up to protest …

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