Obama becomes 1 of only 4 presidents to visit all 50 states.

[sufrommich]

When Air Force One touches down in South Dakota on Friday, President Barack Obama will mark a milestone: He'll have visited all of America's 50 states while in office.

Obama joins just three other presidents thus far — Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Richard Nixon — to complete the task of visiting each of the states during their time as commander-in-chief.

Obama is making a quick stop in South Dakota to give the commencement address at Lake Area Technical Institute's graduation ceremony in Watertown.

One South Dakota resident in particular is sure to be pleased that the president visited; 11-year-old Rebecca sent a letter to Obama in April, describing the best her state had to offer.








http://mashable.com/2015/05/08/obama-travels-a-lot/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link

[malaise]

1. Mend that heart Obama

Too cute

[NCTraveler]

2. My heart just melted. nt.

[postulater]

3. There have only been eleven since there were fifty states.

So four of eleven is not a surprise.

[jberryhill]

4. Beat me to it

[jberryhill]

5. "the warmest of the Dakotas"

Lol.

And the southest.

[postulater]

6. And the leastest windiest.

I do love the Dakotas though.

They are just plain raw.

Beastly hot. Deathly cold. Wind that never quits. A horizon that goes forever. The amberest of waves of grain. The baddest of badlands. And the Blackest of Black Hills.

Sacred ground for sure.

I shudder to think of the destruction going on there by the oil industry.