This Place Matters -- West to the Dakotas

The Rapid City Historic Preservation Commission will join thousands of individuals around the country as part of a nationwide celebration of 2008 National Preservation Month in May. "This Place Matters" is the theme of the month-long celebration, which is sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In South Dakota May is celebrated as Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month.

The Rapid City Historic Preservation Commission is adding to the National Trust's 2008 theme with "West to the Dakotas". A month of activities is planned starting in the lobby at city hall on May 1 with an exhibit consisting of framed illustrated newspapers from the South Dakota State Historical Society's Museum collection. This collection presents how the Dakotas and the events in the west were depicted to the American public.

The following are events that are happening in and around the city and the area, either sponsored by or independent of the Rapid City Historic Preservation Commission.

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