A Republican in the House of Representatives introduced legislation this week to protect Mount Rushmore from being altered, renamed, or demolished through the use of federal funds.
"Removing or changing Mount Rushmore will not change the past and will not move us forward as a country. We must protect Mount Rushmore for generations to come," he added. requests to host a Fourth of July fireworks display at the monument for the third year. Former President Donald Trump allowed the fireworks display and famously visited the site in 2020. That visit brought complaints from Natives.
Former NBA player Jalen Rose also called for people to retire the term"Mount Rushmore" last year. He claimed the monument was on stolen land. The monument famously features the faces of former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln carved into the Black Hills of
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