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The Michigan State Fair, first held in 1849, was the nation's first state fair. It was held in various locations throughout Michigan until 1904, when Joseph L. Hudson formed the State Fair Land Company, acquired 135 acres of land at this site, and deeded it to the Michigan Agricultural Society. The 1905 Michigan State Fair was held on this site.
In a speech, Obama called for the U.S. to "up [its] game" in a time of increasing global competition. The decision to make Wisconsin the first state Obama visited following his State of the Union address was seen as making political sense, given the upcoming 2012 presidential election and the state's central position in the "Midwest battleground".
Ira Wilson was born in 1867, and began his career in dairy farming at an early age, working on the farm owned by his family since 1847. [2] He built a barn on this site in 1888; in 1919 the barn burned and he built the present structure on the foundations of the earlier barn. [ 2 ]
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U.S. state Areas visited Dates Details Image Michigan: Ann Arbor: May 1 President Obama traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he delivered the commencement speech to University of Michigan graduates at Michigan Stadium. [44] [45] Louisiana: Venice: May 2
Country/ U.S. state Areas visited Dates Details Image Nebraska: Omaha, Papillion: January 13 President Obama delivered a speech at the University of Nebraska Omaha's Baxter Arena discussing the economic progress the state had made under his leadership and the "agenda for his remaining year — and the years to come — to keep it going," following his final State of the Union Address. [1]
Vice President Harris will be joined by former first lady Michelle Obama Saturday afternoon at a rally in battleground Michigan, as early voting opens up statewide. The event marks the former ...
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