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The state of Alaska has wanted that for a long time.
BTW
While he is Alaska he will be going to a meeting on global warming. I wonder what the carbon footprint will be on that meeting?
Obama will not personally visit the peak during his stay in Alaska, which runs through Wednesday. He'll spend much of the trip in Anchorage, south of the peak, where he will attend a State Department-sponsored meeting on climate change, titled GLACIER/Global Leadership in the Arctic Conference.
When I lived in Alaska we never called the mountain Mt. McKinley it was always called Denali. It no big deal, the only thing that will change is how it's labeled on the map.
Hood and Rainier are named after British military officers who fought *against* the US. Wyeast and Tahoma are their proper names, and I use them whenever possible.
OK then I suppose we'll need to rename Mt. St. Helens, Lawalaclough, and Mt Adams, Pahto.
When I lived in Alaska we never called the mountain Mt. McKinley it was always called Denali. It no big deal, the only thing that will change is how it's labeled on the map.
I always wondered why a mountain peak in Alaska was named for a long-forgotten, inconsequential president.
why say inconsequential president???
mckinley was the 25th potus...out of a current 44
McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of inflationary proposals.
Rapid economic growth marked McKinley's presidency. He promoted the 1897 Dingley Tariff to protect manufacturers and factory workers from foreign competition, and in 1900, he secured the passage of the Gold Standard Act. McKinley hoped to persuade Spain to grant independence to rebellious Cuba without conflict, but when negotiation failed, he led the nation in the Spanish–American War of 1898; the U.S. victory was quick and decisive. As part of the peace settlement, Spain turned over to the United States its main overseas colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines; Cuba was promised independence, but at that time remained under the control of the U.S. Army. The United States annexed the independent Republic of Hawaii in 1898 and it became a U.S. territory. As an innovator of American interventionism and pro-business sentiment, McKinley's presidency is generally considered above average, until his assassination in September 1901, six months into his second term.
If Boehner and Ohioans love Mckinley so much they can name Ohio's tallest hill after him.
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