Wednesday, April 29, 2009 |
First Lady Michelle Obama helped to unveil the bust of Sojourner Truth in Emancipation Hall of the US Capitol on Tuesday, April 28th in Washington D.C.
Sojourner Truth was an 19th century American slave, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist who is best-known for her speech, ‘Ain’t I a Woman?‘
Later on that afternoon U.S. President Barack Obama presented Anthony Mullen with the 2009 National Teacher of the Year award in the Rose Garden. Several other teachers were also honored at the event.
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Friday, April 24, 2009 |
First Lady Michelle Obama gestures as she allows two more questions from children during the Take Your Child to Work Day event in the East Room of the White House on Thursday. She hosted the children of Executive Office employees and answered questions from the audience. The most popular topic of discussion? Bo, the First Dog.
When asked what does he like to do, the First Lady explained:
“Oh, he is a crazy dog. He — you know, he loves to chew on people’s feet. I’ll tell you a story about Bo last night. It was like 10:00 p.m. at night, everybody was asleep, and we hear all this barking and jumping around, and the President and I came out and we thought somebody was out there. And it was just Bo. He was playing with his ball. And it was like there was another person in the house. He’s kind of crazy. But he’s still a puppy, so he likes to play a lot.”
She added that free time for her “doesn’t happen often” since she’s “doing a lot of dog walking and dog training”.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 |
First Lady Michelle Obama pictured taking off her jacket to help plant a tree in Washington, DC on Wednesday afternoon.
In observance of Earth Day, Mrs. Obama, along with her husband President Barack Obama, participated in the event at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. The event was organized by the Student Conservation Association, an Americorp organization.
Earlier in the day, President Obama signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act that intends to more than triple the AmeriCorp volunteers to over 250,000 in the United States costing taxpayers roughly a billion dollars a year, over the next five years. (View more pics below).
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 |
First lady Michelle Obama walks the family’s new Portuguese water dog Bo, followed by U.S. President Barack Obama and their daughters, Malia and Sasha during the dog’s introduction to the White House press corps at the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, April 14th in Washington, DC.
The six-month-old puppy is a gift from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) who owns several Portuguese water dogs himself. This breed of dog is considered a good pet for children who have allergies, as Malia does.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009 |
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk with their two daughters Sasha Obama and Malia Obama to attend the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House Monday, April 13th in Washington, DC. The event dates back to 1878 and is named for races where children push colored eggs across the grass using wooden spoons.
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Monday, April 13, 2009 |
The new White House dog, Bo, a Portuguese water dog, joins the Obama family on Tuesday, a spokesman for First Lady Michelle Obama told the media on Sunday.
The 6-month-old puppy is a gift from Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), a litter mate of one of their Portuguese water dogs. The Obama daughters named their new pet Bo because they have cousins with a cat named Bo and because Michelle’s late father, Fraser Robinson, nickname was Diddley.
The First family also attended Easter Service at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC. The service was the first that the Obama’s have publicly attended since the inauguration.
( Photos: GETTY IMAGES )
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Monday, April 6, 2009 |
US President Barack Obama and his wife First Lady Michelle Obama wave to the crowd at Hradcany Square near Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, on Sunday, April 5th.
The President received a rapturous welcome from a crowd of 30,000 as he arrived with Mrs. Obama at Prague Castle for a public speech on a nuclear-free world. Check out whitehouse.gov for the latest info on everything.
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