Live from the Badlands β Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Grand Opening | July 4, 2026
Be there the moment it begins. On America's 250th birthday, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opens its doors atop a mesa overlooking the Little Missouri River β and the livestream brings the whole ceremony to you.
After losing his wife and his mother on the same day in 1884, a heartbroken young Theodore Roosevelt came west to this rugged country to start again. The Badlands remade him β and shaped the conservationist and leader the nation would come to know. Generations later, the Library rises from the same landscape that changed his life.
πΊ The livestream begins at 10:00 AM MT
π The Grand Opening Ceremony begins precisely at 10:27 AM MT
(Medora sits in the Mountain Time zone β set your reminders accordingly.)
Tune in early for the lead-up, then watch live as the doors open on a place built to tell the full, human story of America's 26th president.
Can't make it to North Dakota? This is your seat.
Already planning the trip? The Badlands are waiting.
ποΈ Plan your visit: trlibrary.com/visit
π Learn more: trlibrary.com
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