50th Black Hills
FLOOD AND GREENWAY
COMMEMORATION Schedule
June 8-9, 2022
SUNDAY, JUNE 5
3:00 pm
‘Remembrance and Renewal’
A special musical performance by 15 of Rapid City’s most talented musicians
Wells Fargo Theater/Journey Museum and Learning Center
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8
10:00 am
Flood Memorial Walk hosted by Rapid City Parks & Recreation
Memorial Park Band Shell
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Collect Oral Histories hosted by Rapid City Public Library
(Public invited to record memories of 1972 Flood for preservation)
1:30 pm
Flood Remembrance Blessing featuring Gerald Yellow Hawk
Journey Museum and Learning Center grounds
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
‘Community Storytelling and Sharing’ hosted by Journey Museum
(Community members invited to share their flood experiences)
Wells Fargo Theater/Journey Museum and Learning Center
2:00 pm
Library Author Talk, Rapid City author and flood survivor Troy Dobbins
Community Room/Rapid City Public Library
4:00 pm
50th Flood Observance Bike Ride hosted by Rapid City Parks & Recreation
Founders Park
4:00 pm
‘Remembrance, Resilience and Rebuilding: Lessons from 1972’
Dr. Stephen Hausmann
Wells Fargo Theater/Journey Museum and Learning Center
5:30 pm
Opening Ceremony of the 50th Flood Exhibit
Stanford Adelstein Gallery/
Journey Museum and Learning Center
6:30 pm
‘Surviving the 1972 Flood’
South Dakota Public Broadcasting documentary premiere presentation
Wells Fargo Theater/Journey Museum and Learning Center
8:00 pm
Rapid City Municipal Band Concert
Memorial Park Band Shell
THURSDAY, JUNE 9
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Collect Oral Histories hosted by Rapid City Public Library
Public invited to record memories of 1972 Flood for preservation
9:00 am – 3:45 pm
Panel Discussions with speakers discussing aspects of the 1972 Rapid
(Public invited to attend rotating half-hour presentations)
Ponderosa and Alpine Rooms/The Monument
PANEL DISCUSSION THEMES
9:00 am – 10:15 am
‘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
10:30 am – 11:45 am
‘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
Break for Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
‘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
4:00 pm
1972 Flood Storyboard Wall Dedication/Ribbon-cutting ceremony and program
Summit Arena/The Monument
5:00 pm
Open House/Reception
(Open time to view static photo displays)
South Concourse/The Monument
6:00 pm
‘Recollection, Recovery and Growth’
Remarks by Mayor Allender
Summer Nights Band Stage
Dakota Choral Union performance
LaCroix Hall/The Monument
6:30 pm
‘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
FRIDAY, JUNE 10
2:00 pm
‘The Day After the Flood’ featuring Mayor Don Barnett
Hosted by South Dakota Historical Society
Journey Museum Theater