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Greenpeace Sensationalist Tactics on Mt. Rushmore Do Not Help Environmental Movement

On Wednesday July 8, 2009, members of Greenpeace scaled Mount Rushmore in South Dakota and unfurled a large banner next to Abraham Lincoln (Guardian). The banner contained an incomplete portrait of Barack Obama and the message, “America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming”. All 11 protesters were arrested on charges of trespassing. The sculpture [...]