Thousands of participants are expected to attend the July 4th event and won’t be required to wear masks or social distance.
The former superintendent of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial from 2010-2019, Cheryl Schreier, toldshe was worried about the possibility the event could become a hot spot for coronavirus infections, saying thethat will be used for the event holds just 2,500 people making it “difficult” to social distance.
Schreier also said NPS staff would “probably” be in “very close contact” with people at the event, including cleaning bathrooms and giving out information and directions; Soehn disagreed, saying she believed park staff would not be “handling people per se.” The White House did not respond to an immediate request for comment and Mount Rushmore superintendent, Patricia Trap, declined to comment for this story. Dan Wenk, a former Mount Rushmore superintendent who started the tradition of having fireworks at Mount Rushmore in 1998, toldthat making testing optional for National Park staff was “unacceptable.
“It was a great event,” Wenk said of the fireworks ceremony held at Mount Rushmore in years past. “Unfortunately, it’s not a great event during Covid-19 and when it’s turned into a political rally.”, Soehn said the National Park Service “is following CDC guidance for health monitoring of the workforce” and Department of Interior employees “are encouraged to conduct daily self-monitoring for symptoms of COVID-19” and “”to not report to the workplace if they exhibit any symptoms or feeling unwell.
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