Photo of the Day

Posted by Melissa McEwan at Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Yesterday, I promised to try to find a picture of President Obama meeting with 107-year-old Richard Overton, believed to be the oldest living WWII US veteran. And here it is, care of The Obama Diary:

image of President Barack Obama leaning over to shake the hand of an elderly black man seated in a wheelchair; beside him sits an elderly black woman, also seated in a wheelchair
President Barack Obama greets Richard Overton, with Earlene Love-Karo, in the Blue Room of the White House, Nov. 11, 2013. Mr. Overton, 107 years old and the oldest living World War II veteran, attended the Veterans Day Breakfast at the White House. [Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson]
Amazing.
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