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President Obama and the First Family Visit Yosemite National Park

By Alexander Mallin
Jun 18, 2016, 6:44 PM ET

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Obama's speech was a celebration of the 100-year anniversary of the National Park Service, and a call for more Americans to take advantage of the great outdoors, with Obama expressing concern over children who had yet to ever visit a national park. Obama said his administration has established protection for more than 265 million acres of public lands and waters, and in the past has used several other family vacations to promote national parks.

"There's something sacred about this place, and I suppose that's why the walls of this valley were referred to as cathedral walls, because here at Yosemite we connect not just with our own spirit, but with something greater," Obama said. "It's almost like the spirit of America itself is right here."