Presidential Visits

August 22, 2011
Barack Obama crowd

Briefings on Clash in Libya Punctuate Presidential Vacation Time on Island

Lauren Martin
From a podium bearing the presidential seal set up before a grove on Blue Heron Farm, President Obama spoke to the people of Libya yesterday, saying, “An ocean divides us, but we are joined in the basic human longing for freedom, for justice and for dignity.”
Barack Obama
Presidential Visits
August 15, 2013

Obama Vacation Follows Familiar Routine

Sara Brown
President Obama addressed the nation from outside his Chilmark rental home Thursday morning about the ongoing violence in Egypt. The briefing took place on the sixth day of President Obama’s Vineyard vacation, a week punctuated by security and press briefings and a familiar pattern of golf, dining out and quiet time with family and friends.
Barack Obama
Presidential Visits
August 25, 2014

Presidential Vacation Cast In Shadow of World Turmoil

Olivia Hull
President Obama departed the Island just after sunset on Sunday, concluding a 15-day vacation that saw a mix of work and recreation. There were fewer public outings this year during a vacation that was punctuated by strife in international and domestic affairs.
Barack Obama
Presidential Visits
August 10, 2015

Obama Vacation Begins In Low-Key Fashion

Julia Wells
Golf, dinner out with his wife, more golf. President Obama’s Vineyard vacation has been low key and mostly below the radar as he and his family begin a two-week-plus visit to the Vineyard. The Obamas arrived Friday night, a day earlier than planned.
Barack Obama
Presidential Visits
August 23, 2015

President Obama's Vineyard Summer Vacation Comes to an End

Remy Tumin
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.
Barack Obama
Presidential Visits
August 6, 2016
President Obama arrives on Martha's Vineyard on August 6, 2016.

President Obama Arrives on Martha's Vineyard

Sara Brown
The First Family arrived Saturday for a two-week vacation. On Sunday and Monday the President hit the links at Farm Neck.
Barack Obama
Presidential Visits
August 21, 2016

End of an Era; First Family Departs from Martha's Vineyard

Sara Brown
Neighbors lined the road in Chilmark Sunday as the Obama family headed to Martha's Vineyard Airport to board Marine One and head back to the capital.
Barack Obama
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