The iconic Mount Rushmore is the backdrop for a historic America 250 fireworks celebration later tonight as President Donald Trump delivers the keynote address. There will be fireworks and massive festivities at the venue in celebration of our 250th birthday.
Livestream links below to the ongoing festivities. President Trump is expected to speak around 8:00 pm local/ 10:00pm ET.
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Love. My. President.
Hope Trump announces that he will be adding his handsome MAGA likeness to Mt Rushmore!
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I’ve read the mountain’s rock isn’t stable enough to add him. Sad!
Beat me to it – was just gonna post the same comment. So the President will just have to have his own mountain! Which somehow seems appropriate, given that he’s in a class all his own.
two words. In Credible. No place on earth is a great as this country. Our culture celebrated and the best speech ever. Plus, AF 1 did a fly over of my home. Low and slow.
wow
Must have been an awesome sight.
I wish I was there!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Me too! I love the Black Hills.
Mt Rushmore is an awesome place to be on the 4th of July.
Spent my last major birthday touring North Dakota, my 50th state—it was awesome! America is awesome!
Amen! Visiting Mt. Rushmore and the Dakotas is definitely on my bucket list.
It is absolutely beautiful! 😍
We will be there next month this time. 😄. I would have liked to be there tomorrow or DC for the 250. Home is nice tho. 😄😄
If you’re watching then you are.
I would not expect anything less than the best. I wonder if there will be any surprises?
Looks like some rain showers in the area but should be gone by the time the President speaks, hopefully.
Heavy rain and hail supposedly. Let’s lift up a prayer Father GOD blows it through.
He is, doncha know, gonna get his face up there
Thank you Sundance, looking forward to it!
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My husband and I were at Mt. Rushmore on July 4th, 2020 when President Trump was there the first time. Well, we weren’t on Mt. Rushmore, since we did not win lottery tickets to be up there that day, but we were blessed to get what was said to be ‘the last room in Keystone’ when we booked a room months earlier.
Even though we weren’t on the hill with President Trump, it was super cool to watch the helicopters — including Marine Corp One — do low fly-overs for all the people below.
Last year on July 5th we booked a great room in Keystone at a hotel requiring a minimum stay of two nights. We booked the room for July 3rd and 4th and waited to hear if President Trump would be there for our nation’s 250th birthday.
Along the way we totally missed hearing about and applying for lottery tickets, so we obviously were not going to be on Mt. Rushmore with the President. Last month we cancelled our room reservation, and hope someone was thrilled to find a room “still” available.
Just looked at the weather in South Dakota and see there is a severe thunderstorm warning south of Mt. Rushmore. It was the same way in 2020 — thunderstorm warnings during the evening.
But we all watched the fireworks, some up on Mt. Rushmore with President Trump, most down below looking up, without a drop of rain falling.
Crazy thing was that the minute the fireworks stopped and Marine Force One took off, God started the real fireworks of lightning and thunder, with rain added. It was a most splendid time, one that I hope happens again this year for every red blooded American to enjoy.
Joyous 4th of July, fellow patriots!
Happy 4th!
Beautiful story. Thank you! God Bless you and America and Happy 4th/250th! The hairs on my arms on standing on end just thinking about 250 years.
Mine, too, Retired IG.
God bless you and our great country.
It is amazing, isn’t it? I’m so blessed to be alive to witness this day in history. I remember the Bicentennial, too!
Praying that the weather clears up. We don’t know if there are people there!
Ride’m cowboys!
Europe loves America.
Not the twits at the top.
The peeps who live realz.
Love my USA!
Let’s hope they go home and throw all the failed leaders out. Greatest country in the world! 🇺🇸 Celebrate 250
Agreed!
Let’s party like it’s 2026!
God Bless and Save America! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Wow! That is an awesome song and video! Thanks for sharing it here. Do you know who the band is?
No, I don’t.. the clips in the video are real. I hope the voice is not AI.
Thank you so much for posting this. Makes my heart happy!
Giddy up!
American individualism –bring it back!
I believe we made a good impression!
Got married I did in Rapid City.
A little gazebo in Wilson Park.
Many, many moons ago.
Trump flyover in Airforce One is minutes away.
From Truth Social
“Video: The Four Mt. Rushmore Presidents Take the Stage for “The American Voice” Performance – 7/3/26″
https://truthsocial.com/@RSBN/116859004425440052
Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
🔥 INSANE! An F-35 Lightning sat and HOVERED over DC’s Tidal Basin in front of the Jefferson Memorial, showing off its vertical take-off and landing capability
Just FEET from the water
Cont and video…
Also earlier in DC celebration….
Magically some Sea Island straphanger made his way up there to sit and tout his vast accomplishments and Hannity gets all squishy. Disgustng.
Best description ever – “Sea Island Straphanger”! Make it stick.
LOL. In honor of charlotte mason: Sea Island Straphanger™
And i’m glad Pres. Trump took the opportunity to slam Communism, and no ambiguity about it.
I didn’t realize who you meant by “straphanger” until I saw Troublemaker10’s post.
Trump flyover Mt Rushmore video…
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 NOW: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis NAILS IT PERFECTLY
“When I see the Mamdanis of the world, they’re basically offering these ideas, they claim they’re progressive. They’re really REGRESSIVE. These are things that the founding fathers REJECTED!”
“Their ideas have FAILED throughout history. And we have a chance now with 250 to look back and say — we’re inheritors of an awfully GOOD legacy. We got LUCKY to have founding fathers pledge their lives, fortune and sacred honor the way they did when they did it!”
Video linked…
Wishing everyone a safe and wonderful 4th of July. Happy 250th Birthday America🎂🇺🇸
President Trump’s speech tonight is going to be epic. He is going to answer “What does it mean to be an American?”, and is going to contrast that with the current Communist takeover of the Democrat party.
Okay this military band is incredible and major props to the guitarist!
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Yes, gotta salute them all. They were TIGHT; ensemble playing like that is not just you & the other 3 guys in the bar band. (and the little gal drummer wasn’t too shabby)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump has STEPPED OFF Air Force One in South Dakota to make his grand arrival to Mount Rushmore
He shook Leader JOHN THUNE’s hand upon stepping down
New plane looks epic, just in time for the 4th of July!
Cont and video…
Looks like he hasn’t gotten used to the new steps yet.
Is the Army rapper done yet?
We’re the oldest Republic on earth!
Love his description of our nation as not the norm….. Hope there will be a transcript available. I want to read and really absorb his speech.
Great speech so far! But I do find the flourescent purple tie to be distracting…
I think it’s appropriate for the country’s 250th birthday
FU THUNE
Yup. Thune has some nerve showing up. I guess he wants all to know he still has a pulse on his blood pressure cuff.
He figured he didnt want to sit aroound and check mcconnels pulse cuz mitch has none?
Trump stuck the knife in a little deeper referring to the SAVE act, demanding it be passed
It’ also on Cspan 2 TV.
A prayer from Canada. “Oh Lord, thank you for President Trump; thank you for this CYRUS that you have raised up in this hour to be a light not only for America, but for the nations. ”
“Lord I ask, on this eve of America’s 250th birthday, that there would be great rejoicing and celebration for the “GOLDEN” days that are coming ahead of them. Let America and her wonderful President walk before you with a grateful and humble heart for all of the blessings that you have given her. Let this nation understand, that because of your great mercy and grace, you have allowed America to once again come to a place of righteous leadership within and without.”
“Lord, I CONTINUE TO ASK that all of the days, for this President, would be fulfilled. DO NOT LET THE ENEMY in any way, mock YOU, by prematurely removing this man through any plan of destruction. Let truthful lips be established around President Trump, and like King David, of old, give this man mighty men of valor, who will be willing and able to carry out the purposes and plans that you have for this nation in this hour. AND for President Trump, personally grant to him the wisdom and the understanding to lead this nation, even though the weight of the globe is on his shoulders, by calling prayer warriors, like AARON and HUR, to keep HIS HANDS UP, and that he, President Trump, would be refreshed and renewed and comforted by those prayers.”
Grant to President Trump, precious Lord, your night time communication to him, when his body is asleep but his heart is awake. And in that wonderful night time communication, of dreams and visions, that his own heart would be strengthened, encouraged and enlarged with YOUR FAVOR, because HE KNOWS THAT WHEN THE LORD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US.”
AMEN.
Bless you and Thank you! How very generous and kind you are. Best wishes Canadian cousin.
Thank you.
What a beautiful prayer. THANK YOU!
Thank you.
Good words. A great stance. Bravo President Trump.
my recap…. Choose your side – Patriot or communist. To win we pass the Save America Act. Nice seeing you John.
It’s plain and simple. We fight for our American culture or be destroyed by cultural rot.
God he needs to travel around the Country again to wake the people up again. Especially for the mid-terms.
One only need knock, and be answered, to ask and be fulfilled.
The invitation stands unconditionally.
Our people only need repent, turn back to our Creator, and he will heal our lands.
We’re having a thunderstorm and somehow early firework explosives going off in the rain. Funny thing is, my two kits were hiding somewhere in the house and came out of hiding when they heard President Trump’s voice.
They are not suspicious cats and neither am I.
Not suspicious because we feel safe with President Trump being our President.
Beautiful tribute to America!
Happy 250th Anniversary of our Independence to all of my fellow treepers!
Happy 250th Birthday America!! 🇺🇸 Land that I love. May God bless America always 🙏
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 A great kick off to the milestone weekend! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. Happy 250th Birthday, American Patriots! 💥🇺🇸💥🇺🇸💥🇺🇸💥🇺🇸💥
I so loved every minute of this!
God please bless the greatest President of my lifetime.
Our Country needs you Lord more than ever, however we do thank you because exactly the right man for the job of President of the U S A sits right now in that office.
Blessings to Sundance, Staff and all Treepers✝️
That was great!! God bless America!!!!
An stunning show topped off with a great speech from one of the best Presidents in US history and then a magnificent fireworks display. What could be a better way to start America’s 250th Birthday Party! What a great time to be alive in the greatest country on Earth! How Blessed we are to have President Trump!
Thank you for posting the link to the event here, Sundance. The CSPAN version of the event was hard to watch, it was such poor coverage and quality. They were fretting about whether President’s speech would be political and whether there would be people offended by it. (Now mind you we had to constantly listen to the babbling angry idiocy of Biden all the time on their shows, but of course they were never concerned about him offending half the country by calling Christian conservatives the greatest threat to the country.) So I got a kick out of President Trump going on about the determination that America will never be taken over by the Communists. He is such a good leader, that he cares about what’s on people’s minds and what he needs to say to be reassuring.
If someone you know objects to his speech, it would be a good question to ask at the family barbeque- So what exactly were you offended by? Were you offended because he said this country will never be taken over by the Communists? That might be a good opportunity to provide some education to the young ones, who don’t get much education about the perils of Communism in the public schools anymore. Great line from tonight’s speech: “You can’t be a Communist and be a Patriot at the same time.”
I also love it that President Trump made a point to specifically reference that our great country invented air conditioning. LOL. who would have thought the Frogs don’t allow their serfs to have AC anymore?
Our POTUS makes us proud to be Americans. Happy America’s 250th, Patriots! Enjoy this joyful celebration! God Bless America, the Land of the Free, because of The Brave. In God We Trust.
There was an Admiral that appeared on camera a few times when people were applauding the President’s words, but this guy never once clapped or even smiled that I saw. I wonder who he is and why he was not supporting his commander in chief’s speech?
Inspirational and patriotic speech! How can you listen to that and not feel proud to be an American? Loved his description of evil communism. God Bless America!