There are a lot of phony things in the wall behind the 3 people . If photo of the empty bench is true The bench comes up to the second course of bricks. In the pic of Obama the bench comes up to first course of bricks ....even with different angles I think the bench should not go up and down. The left side of wall pic looks in theObama version is very strange . Also look at verticle lines in bricks ...on the wall (non Obama) vertical joints at second and fourth courses do not line up as shown in Obama pic.. Strange things in the brick pattern on ground ....Was this bench moved? might explain it but bench is clearly divided in half by third leg and in Obama picture its distorted
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Notice the knotty tree behind the bench.
Now a picture of the benches on the street. There are NO trees behind the benches. They are in front of them. Notice the tree second down It is the knotty one behind the bench in the first photo. If you go to the link on your post, the tree picture is bigger and you can see the knot better .It is the same knot that is on the tree behind the bench.
Also if a different tree was planted there and was cut down since Obamas picture was taken it seems unlikely that tree that size would be allowed that close to the wall (roots causing damage)
The weird thing about the picture to me is the grandfather’s hand. It seems out of place and sorta distorted. Maybe I am looking too much into it but it seems very weird.
These do not appear to have been taken at the same place. The empty bench seems closer to the wall, and the stone pattern on the ground appears different to me.
ML/NJ