ADVERTISEMENTOn July 3, the National Park Service permitted fireworks at the mountain carving for the president and 4,800 guests. Mount Rushmore is surrounded by the Black Hills National Forest. A wildfire near Mount Rushmore could endanger thousands of people at the memorial and 2 miles down the road in the town of Keystone. Fireworks displays at Mount Rushmore from 1998 to 2009 caused 21 wildfire ignitions, according to the Park Service’s own 2020 environmental assessment . Sanity was restored during the Joe Biden administration, but the return of Trump to the presidency brought a return of fireworks to Mount Rushmore this year.