Tag: Memorial Park
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The 25 Year Precedent: SATIRICAL EDITORIAL CARTOON
For Immediate ReleaseRapid City, SD –From the Desk of the Press Secretary, Office of Waterfowl Affairs, Memorial Park Division “The Office of Waterfowl Affairs notes the historical precedent set by the 25-year oversight of the aforementioned 563-acre mining operation. We applaud the city’s long-standing tradition of looking the other way when it comes to expansion…
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The Day Speaks For Itself : Memorial Day at Memorial Park
Sometimes you don’t need to say something profound. The day speaks for itself. It spoke through the older woman in the wheelchair, whose voice carried the weight of a Memorial Day prayer across the silent crowd. It spoke in the unexpected, impromptu moments — like Mayor Jason Salamun briefly, honestly touching on the heavy reality…
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When A 9,000 Pound Spinning Boulder gets Tagged, Rapid City Shows Up
There’s a rock in Memorial Park that spins. Not metaphorically. Rockspinner 6 — an 11-foot-tall, 9,000-pound slab of granite from Stone Mountain, Georgia — is mounted on a bearing-filled base and will actually rotate if you push it. It took three people and a crane to place it on the Promenade at Memorial Park. Sculptor…
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WE’RE BACK
The Daffodils at Memorial Park are shaking off the winter and gloriously foreshadowing a beautiful spring.
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How to spend 48 Hours in Rapid City without breaking the bank while having a blast
Look, you’re here. Maybe you’re on a business trip and your partner has the only car, or maybe you’re a family who realized that the “Tourist Traps” in the Hills are eating your kids’ college fund. Either way, stop panicking. You don’t need a car to see the real soul of this city. Just put…