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The Rapid City Presidents

Rapid City, South Dakota

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City. 

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You can actually read the words of the Declaration! wisemand (Atlas Obscura User)
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Nice representation of FDR… And pleased that the artist placed a cane on the back of lectern, as an acknowledgement of his condition. wisemand (Atlas Obscura User)
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It usually takes a special occasion to stand in the company of a President of the United States, let alone several. Rapid City makes it a bit easier.

Over the course of several blocks in downtown Rapid City, visitors will find a life-sized bronze statue of every President in the history of the United States. A bit eccentric in number, there is no denying the respect and care with which the city has erected these statues.

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If you stop in at the visitor center first (address listed above), you can pick up a photographic scavenger hunt. This scavenger hunt involves visiting each statue and finding a small detail depicted in the photographs. It is not as easy as it first seems. If you are a child and bring your correct, completed scavenger hunt back to the visitor center, your reward is a free ice cream cone. If you are an adult and bring back the completed scavenger hunt, your reward is a working knowledge of every business location in Rapid City.

Plan on about 2 hours to hit every street corner. The walk is a loop.

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