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Next year's Fourth of July festivities at the Mount Rushmore National Monument could feature the first fireworks display in nearly 10 years.

Gov. Kristi Noem announced on Tuesday that South Dakota and the U.S. Department of the Interior will be working together to return fireworks to the monument beginning July 4, 2020.

Displays have not been produced since 2009, when a pine beetle infestation killed many of the trees in the Black Hills National Forest and created potential fire hazards.

In the years before, Mount Rushmore's bombastic fireworks displays had drawn thousands of visitors to the monument along with national media coverage. The State Department of Tourism regularly reported that annual broadcasts of the shows garnered viewers in the tens of millions.

In her announcement, Noem said that the forest has since regained its strength and that newer pyrotechnics allow for safer displays.

“We are excited and honored to see fireworks return to our nation’s Shrine of Democracy,” a statement from Noem reads.

"There is no more fitting place in all the nation to celebrate our democracy than from Mount Rushmore," it continues.