US EditionSouth Dakota eager for Trump’s statue garden near Mount Rushmore despite local opposition
- South Dakota officials, led by Gov. Larry Rhoden, are pushing to build Donald Trump's National Garden of American Heroes near Mount Rushmore.
- Trump announced the garden project in a July 3, 2020, Mount Rushmore speech amid national statues controversies and issued a 2021 executive order to build 250 life-size statues.
- The proposed 40-acre site near Mount Rushmore, donated by mining company Pete Lien & Sons, faces backlash from Indigenous groups citing sacred land and treaty rights.
- Rhoden expressed confidence that the project would proceed respectfully to honor America's heroes, while Indigenous activist Taylor Gunhammer accused officials of erasing and disregarding historical significance.
- The project, still in planning as per the Department of Interior, suggests ongoing tension between honoring national figures and respecting Indigenous claims tied to the Black Hills.
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South Dakota eager for Trump's statue garden near Mount Rushmore despite local opposition
Officials in South Dakota are pushing hard to build President Donald Trump’s proposed National Garden of American Heroes in the Black Hills near Mount Rushmore.
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