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Rushmore Tourist Captures Communitarian Patriotic Spirit

The Heidelbergers drove down the road and visited Mount Rushmore this fine sunny Sunday in the Black Hills:

Mount Rushmore from trail, May 26, 2013

I'm up to a dozen Rushmore visits now. I have yet to tire of those great faces—the four in granite, and the hundreds in flesh, looking up in wonder at South Dakota's treasure.

A couple big corn-fed college boys were enjoying the view as much as we were. As I aimed the binoculars on the Grand View Terrace for my little one, I heard one of those young men trading cameras to take a picture of a couple from somewhere else and for them to snap him and his pal, as strangers at Rushmore often do. And as he got ready to capture the moment for those strangers, he offered this apt summary of American communitarianism:

We're all here for the same reason; there's no reason we can't help each other out.

Sounds like America to me. Well said, fellow patriot. Thanks for coming to Mount Rushmore... and thanks for helping.

One Comment

  1. Rorschach 2013.05.27

    The Rorschach family went to Pipestone National Monument this weekend before the rain hit. A fine experience as well.

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