28 Below Fat Tire Race. He managed to start the project, but cut only 70 feet (21m) into the rock before work stopped in 1939 to focus on the faces. [2][3], In 1933, the National Park Service took Mount Rushmore under its jurisdiction. Fun festivals and fairs, cultural happenings and delightful diversions can be found across The Mount Rushmore State. Keystone Updated at 7:43 a.m. Tuesday, July 4, 2023 - 12:00am Celebrate Independence Day in the Black Hills and Badlands with some of the best Fourth of July celebrations found anywhere in America. [114][115], The Washington Nationals baseball club uses large foam rubber depictions of the "Rushmore Four" in both their marketing campaigns and in a series of in-stadium promotions such as the Presidents Race. where the villains add their faces to the monument, and the 2003 film Head of State where the newly elected president's face is added. A Fourth of July celebration at a national shrine is the perfect opportunity to focus on what makes our country so special while simultaneously bringing us together, said Richard Rovsek, chairman, Spirit of Liberty Foundation based in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. In these polarized times, we should all remember what unites us, makes us Americans, and pay tribute to the Declaration of Independence, which is our nations birth certificate.. These include John F. Kennedy after his assassination in 1963, and Ronald Reagan in 1985 and 1999 the latter proposal receiving a debate in Congress at the time.