Posted on 12/30/2011 11:48:04 AM PST by ColdOne
HONOLULU President Barack Obama paid his respects at Pearl Harbor on Thursday, offering a solemn tribute to the thousands of Americans killed on the date which will live in infamy.
The president swapped his casual vacation outfit for a dark suit as he and the first lady toured the memorial on his first visit to the site since he came here in late 2008 as president-elect.
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As an American these photos do embarrass me. When I was younger I thought it was sort of silly that older people made such a big deal of dressing and acting a certain way, now I see what they were worried about.
Very perceptive comment....and quite unsettling when you think about it.
Leni
Awww, isn’t that cute. They’re pretending to hold hands for the photo op. Usually no obvious signs of affection are present, and this certainly doesn’t look natural.
Oh puleeeze! I just woke up. I can’t take that picture in my head this early......:)
That’s a man, baby.
There is another sunk battleship near the Arizona that is ignored. Sunk in the same attack.
She’s South Side all the way. You have to come out to Hyde Park in Chicago this spring. They all dress like that. Whatever is on sale at Macy’s. It has to be good.
Ditto.
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