The Obama Family’s White House Life, in Pictures
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It’s hard to forget the emotional impact of seeing the victorious Barack Obama walk across the stage in Chicago’s Grant Park with his wife, Michelle, and young daughters, Malia and Sasha, on Election Night 2008. Over the past eight years, the world has obsessively watched the family as the president and First Lady attempted to give their girls a semblance of a normal childhood. Here, a collection of moments from their life in the White House, ranging from the mundane (a tween’s dance recital, a dad’s birthday barbecue) to the extraordinary (after-school visits to the Oval Office, Easter portraits in the Rose Garden).
January 20, 2009 At the president's inauguration.
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January 20, 2009 Backstage at the inauguration.
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February 22, 2009 Dancing at the Governor's Ball.
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April 5, 2009 Signing the guestbook at Prague Castle in the Czech Republic.
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August 8, 2010 Celebrating the president's 49th birthday.
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August 8, 2010 At the president's 49th birthday barbecue.
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August 14, 2010 Swimming with Sasha in Florida.
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December 27, 2010 Eating shave ice in Hawaii.
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January 19, 2011 The president and First Lady entering a state dinner with Chinese president Hu Jintao.
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March 2, 2011 Preparing to greet recipients of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal.
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March 2, 2011 Preparing to greet recipients of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal.
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June 11, 2011 Celebrating Sasha's birthday at Camp David.
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July 4, 2011 Watching fireworks from the roof of the White House.
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January 1, 2012 A New Year's Day swim in Hawaii.
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July 16, 2012 Caught on the kiss cam at an Olympic baseball game.
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September 6, 2012 Backstage at the Democratic National Convention.
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January 17, 2013 Singing 'Happy Birthday' to the First Lady.
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January 20, 2013 A family portrait on the president's second Inauguration Day.
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January 21, 2013 Riding in the inaugural parade.
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June 16, 2013 Backstage at Sasha's dance recital.
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February 11, 2014 At a state dinner for President François Hollande of France.
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June 16, 2016 On the South Lawn, returning to the White House after a trip to California.
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June 29, 2014 The president and Sasha during a hike in Virginia.
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September 14, 2014 Viewing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln at the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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September 14, 2014 Viewing a portrait of Abraham Lincoln at the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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December 3, 2014 Under the mistletoe at a dinner for combatant commanders and military leadership.
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February 23, 2015 With Malia in the Oval Office.
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March 7, 2015 Listening to the remarks of Representative John Lewis in Selma, at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
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March 7, 2015 Listening to the remarks of Representative John Lewis in Selma, at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
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April 5, 2015 A family portrait on Easter Sunday in the Rose Garden.
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July 17, 2015 With Malia at the Whitney Museum, in New York.
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August 22, 2015 Malia biking in Martha's Vineyard.
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April 7, 2015 Exiting Air Force One in Chicago.
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May 18, 2015 Malia in her yard.
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