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This is the spiritual totem of the US federal government, but it is a holy place for the Indians’ blood and tears. For more than 100 years, the Indians have never forgotten this stolen land.
After playing golf today, US President Trump flew directly to South Dakota to participate in the fireworks celebration at Mount Rushmore (also known as President Hill) National Memorial Park to celebrate tomorrow’s US National Day independence day. This is the first time President Hill has held an Independence Day fireworks celebration since 2010. It is expected that 7,000 Republican supporters will come to the scene from all around to observe.
This event is of great significance to Trump. Due to the conflicts between the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic and racialIn response to the failure of the response, Trump’s poll support rate fell sharply in June. In many national and swing state polls (including Fox polls) are behind Biden. There are still four months to go in the election. He urgently needs to boost his support for public opinion. Holding high the patriotic flag is obviously a tried-and-true method. Tomorrow he will continue the Independence Day fireworks celebration at the White House.
However, the local Indian Ogala Sioux Sioux Parliament passed a resolution rejecting the President of the United States from coming to their territory. In their view, Trump must seek the consent of the Aboriginal people to enter here, and holding this event on President Hill is a humiliation to the Aboriginal people. The angry Sioux also held a protest on the local road today, trying to prevent the US president from entering President Hill National Park.
Why don’t the Sioux face the American president so much? That starts with the history of President Hill.
Mount Rushmore is a huge granite mountain located in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. The original colossus of the president was carved to attract tourists to South Dakota. It is worth mentioning that the sculptor Gutzon Borglum is a member of the 3K party. In 1925, the United States Congress formally approved the construction of the National Memorial Park, and finally determined the four most important presidents in American history, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.
From 1927 to 1941In 2004, four hundred workers spent 14 years carving out four presidents on rocks tens of meters high. But after the death of the chief designer of engraving, the project became a bad project. Originally planned to be a bust of four presidents, now only Washington has carved a bust, while the other three presidents have only carved heads. The entire project cost $990,000. It was not until 1991 that President Hill National Memorial Park held its official inauguration ceremony.
Although the project is broken, President Hill has become a spiritual symbol of the US federal government. It attracts 3 million tourists every year, and tourism has become the second-largest industry in South Dakota, a sparsely populated area. The giant avatars of the four presidents have also frequently appeared in popular cultures such as movies, TV and games, and have even been spoofed frequently.
Because there was no permission from the park, the scene of the Hitchcock movie “Northwest to North” was not shot in the field, but was built in a studio.