JFK & SECRETARY UDALL TO INSPECT NATIONAL PARKS NEXT MONTH
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts (JFK+50) On August 31, 1963, Associated Press reports President John F. Kennedy "will visit ten states in a five-day trip next month to inspect national parks and other projects from Pennsylvania to the West Coast."
The President will be accompanied by Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall*. The trip is scheduled from September 25 to September 29.
In a statement issued by the White House, President Kennedy said..
"Due to the foresight of our predecessors, we have inherited a beautiful country."
JFK+50 NOTE
The states included in the tour were Pennsylvania, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Washington, Oregon, California & Nevada.
*Stewart Lee Udall (1920-2010) was born in St. John's, Arizona & earned his law degree at the University of Arizona. SLU served in the US Army Air Force in WWII & three terms in the US Congress. He was Secretary of Interior 1961-1969.
SOURCE
"Kennedy Plans 10-State Tour," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 31, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
