Rapid City South Dakota is also known as the City of Presidents. It’s the only city where you can see life-sized bronze statues of each president. On each street corner on Main Street and St Joseph Street are the 42 presidents. The statues are done by South Dakota artists. The only requirement was that each artist extensively research the lives of each president. They did not want to create static portraits of men standing on the street corners. Each statue was to give some insight into the personality.
Unfortunately it started raining a little on us, so we had to rush through some of them. They are not in any kind of order. There were 4 statues done each year starting in 2000 and the City of Presidents Board decided to do 2 of historical presidents and 2 of modern day.
The first stop before you start walking the streets is the President Info Center. This room is based on the oval office with a replicated seal in the center. There is also a brief description of each president. It is really worth walking around an looking at these statues. I wish it hadn’t started to rain. Very nicely done and it really brings something good to the downtown area of Rapid City.
Unfortunately it started raining a little on us, so we had to rush through some of them. They are not in any kind of order. There were 4 statues done each year starting in 2000 and the City of Presidents Board decided to do 2 of historical presidents and 2 of modern day.
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| George Bush |
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| George HW Bush |
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| Clinton |
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| Reagan |
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| Johnson |
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| Nixon |
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| Lincoln |
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| Kennedy |
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| Thomas Jefferson |
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| Franklin Roosevelt |
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| Truman |
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| Teddy Roosevelt |
The first stop before you start walking the streets is the President Info Center. This room is based on the oval office with a replicated seal in the center. There is also a brief description of each president. It is really worth walking around an looking at these statues. I wish it hadn’t started to rain. Very nicely done and it really brings something good to the downtown area of Rapid City.
Interesting! That would definitely be a nice stop. You've certainly covered a lot of ground in South Dakota.
ReplyDeleteI loved finding all the presidents. When we blogged about this area, I out a quiz about the Presidents. It is amazing how many people got 100% on recognizing the Presidents.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing some of those statues; I just didn't remember where. It rained on us that day, too.
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