Reply #18: Mount Rushmore

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My family and I got back from vacationing in South Dakota a few weeks ago. We saw Mt. Rushmore by day but also came back for the lighting ceremony. The lighting ceremony consists of a video on the four presidents featured on the mountain, then the audience sings the national anthem. It was really moving to have a thousand people all singing along, without any false patriotism--just real love for our country, in the quiet of twilight. The rangers timed the lighting just right--as we all hit the last note, a spotlight lit up the monument. I wasn't the only one sniffling in the crowd!