Former President Obama and his family are permanent homeowners on Martha’s Vineyard, after completing the purchase this week of a large home in the coastal perimeter of Edgartown.
Barack Obama
August 4, 2021
Noah Asimow
A large private party planned for President Obama’s 60th birthday on the Vineyard this weekend has been canceled amid fierce public backlash and rising Covid cases, as the Delta variant spreads on the Island. The party will be scaled back to family and friends, according to a statement.
August 9, 2021
Noah Asimow
The Martha’s Vineyard Airport reported a major jam-up of private jet traffic over the weekend, much of it stemming from President Barack Obama’s 60th birthday bash. Airport manager Geoffrey Freeman said private jets crowded the tarmac at the small airport all weekend, draining fuel supplies.
2016
August 6, 2016
The First Family arrived Saturday for a two-week vacation. On Sunday and Monday the President hit the links at Farm Neck.
July 29, 2016
President Obama is scheduled to arrive Saturday for a two-week summer vacation on Martha's Vineyard, his seventh and final summer trip to the Island during his time as a sitting president.
June 30, 2016
President Obama and his family will vacation on Martha’s Vineyard again this year. The August visit will mark Mr. Obama’s seventh and final Vineyard summer vacation during his presidency.
2015
August 23, 2015
The Obama family’s 16-day Vineyard vacation came to a close Sunday afternoon. The First Family departed from Martha’s Vineyard Airport aboard Marine One at about 5:05 p.m.
August 20, 2015
President Obama and his family wrap up a quiet 17-day vacation on the Vineyard this weekend. The Obamas are scheduled to depart the Island sometime on Sunday after a vacation full of golf with a handful of beach and dinner outings and a lot of downtime at their vacation home in a secluded part of Chilmark.
August 15, 2015
The Obamas and Clintons were on hand to celebrate Vernon Jordan's 80th birthday Saturday. Earlier in the day, the two Presidents hit the links at Farm Neck.
