Do the Math–Obama has Visited 57 States in 15 Months!

WOW! What an amazing record! Obama spoke to would-be voters in Beaverton Oregon, 9 May 2008: “It’s just wonderful to be back in Oregon. And over the last 15 months we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states. I think one left to go.” The last time I looked, the current US flag had 13 stripes for the 13 original colonies and 50 stars–the continental 48 states plus Alaska and Hawaii. Do the math–Senator Obama. We just celebrated 232 years since we declared Independence and the 219th year since adopting the new constitution–which he swore to uphold when he was elected Senator, D-Illinois. Genealogists make similar gaffes when they do not do the math. Calculators are easy to come by and every cell phone, ipod, etc. has a built in calculator. Fuzzy math occurs when you estimate a birthdate from... [read full story]