50th Black Hills
FLOOD AND GREENWAY
COMMEMORATION Schedule

‘Remembrance and Renewal’

A special musical performance by 15 of Rapid City’s most talented musicians
Wells Fargo Theater/Journey Museum and Learning Center

Flood Memorial Walk hosted by Rapid City Parks & Recreation

Memorial Park Band Shell

Collect Oral Histories hosted by Rapid City Public Library

(Public invited to record memories of 1972 Flood for preservation)

Flood Remembrance Blessing featuring Gerald Yellow Hawk

Journey Museum and Learning Center grounds

‘Community Storytelling and Sharing’ hosted by Journey Museum

(Community members invited to share their flood experiences)
Wells Fargo Theater/Journey Museum and Learning Center

Library Author Talk, Rapid City author and flood survivor Troy Dobbins

Community Room/Rapid City Public Library

50th Flood Observance Bike Ride hosted by Rapid City Parks & Recreation

Founders Park

‘Remembrance, Resilience and Rebuilding: Lessons from 1972’

Dr. Stephen Hausmann
Wells Fargo Theater/Journey Museum and Learning Center

Opening Ceremony of the 50th Flood Exhibit

Stanford Adelstein Gallery/
Journey Museum and Learning Center

‘Surviving the 1972 Flood’

South Dakota Public Broadcasting documentary premiere presentation
Wells Fargo Theater/Journey Museum and Learning Center

Rapid City Municipal Band Concert

Memorial Park Band Shell

Collect Oral Histories hosted by Rapid City Public Library

Public invited to record memories of 1972 Flood for preservation

Panel Discussions with speakers discussing aspects of the 1972 Rapid

(Public invited to attend rotating half-hour presentations)
Ponderosa and Alpine Rooms/The Monument

‘Lessons Learned/21st Century Forecasting/Preparedness’

Featuring National Weather Service, Emergency Management officials presenting what happened June 9, lessons learned, today’s forecasting procedures

‘Protecting the Flood Plain’’

Featuring staff from city parks, planning, public works on flood plain/greenway
designations, efforts to preserve/protect City’s greenway areas

‘Preserving the Flood story’

How the stories of the 1972 flood are being preserved for future generations

‘Guard, Base and Volunteer Heroes’

Profiling the efforts of the Guard, Ellsworth AFB and businesses during and after flood

‘Covering the tragedy’

Featuring former media members about coverage of the flood and aftermath

1972 flood: Historical context, landscape changes and other impacts panel discussion

USGS, SD Mines, Western Dakota Water officials discuss 1972 flood and impacts

1972 Flood Storyboard Wall Dedication/Ribbon-cutting ceremony and program

Summit Arena/The Monument

Open House/Reception

(Open time to view static photo displays)
South Concourse/The Monument

‘Recollection, Recovery and Growth’

Remarks by Mayor Allender
Summer Nights Band Stage

Dakota Choral Union performance

LaCroix Hall/The Monument

‘An Interview with Mayor Don Barnett: Recollections of the 1972

Featuring former Mayor Barnett and long-time news anchor Jack Caudill
LaCroix Hall/The Monument

‘The Day After the Flood’ featuring Mayor Don Barnett

Hosted by South Dakota Historical Society
Journey Museum Theater