and white man greeting each other, a steamboat, a covered wagon, a locomotive, a map of the state, and an American flag. Just when the set-pieces had died away into darkness, a sudden salvo of giant rockets climbed high in the night and exploded into flares that illuminated the Rushmore faces. Then, as the flares settled and died their light was replaced by that from twelve huge floodlights gradually being turned up, and the crowd gasped and murmured with awe. There were speeches (naturally), and in one of them Judge A. R. Denu of Rapid City said: I hope … America’s Shrine of Democracy will
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