The Obamas in Maryland

September 27, 2004 – Barack Obama, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, was in Baltimore this morning for a private breakfast fundraiser at the Marriott Inner Harbor East. He spoke briefly to the press before the fundraiser with Rep. Elijah Cummings (at right) at his side. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

November 03, 2006 — Retiring Sen. Paul Sarbanes hugs Illinois Sen. Barack Obama after speaking glowingly about Cong. Ben Cardin, the man he supports to take his seat. They are attending a Democrat rally in a gym at Bowie State University with many other state leaders. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

November 03, 2006 — Illinois Sen. Barack Obama appears at a Democrat rally in a gym at Bowie State University with Cong. Ben Cardin, gubernatorial candidate Baltimore City mayor Martin O’Malley and his running mate Del.Anthony Brown, and many other state leaders with only a few days left to get out the vote. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

February 11, 2008 — College Park students Brad Nole and Jackie Phillips (center) watch a video of Sen. Barack Obama, while waiting for the U.S. Senator to address them during a campaign stop at University of Maryland’s College Park campus. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

February 11, 2008 — Asena Terry and Sami Price stand in line at the 1st. Mariner Arena, waiting to gain entrance, for the speech of presidential hopeful Barack Obama, Monday afternoon. (Gene Sweeney Jr./Baltimore Sun)

February 11, 2008 — Presidential hopefull, Barack Obama greets supporters at a rally at the 1st Mariner Arena. Officials claimed 13,000 in attendance. (Andre F. Chung/Baltimore Sun)

February 12, 2008 – Ursuline Purnell, 84, wore a Barack Obama button and T-shirt when she voted this morning. She got both yesterday when she attended the Obama rally at the Civic Center. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

January 17, 2009 — Vice President-elect Joe Bidden and President-Elect Barack Obama wave to their supporters from the back of the train as they make a slow roll past the Edgewood MARC station. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

January 17, 2009 — A large crowd is seen before President elect Barack Obama speaks at War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore during his train trip from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. (Chiaki Kawajiri/Baltimore Sun)

January 17, 2009 –Michelle Obama, President elect Barack Obama, Vice President elect Joseph Biden, and his wife Jill arrive in War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore during his train trip from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. (Chiaki Kawajiri/Baltimore Sun)

January 17, 2009 — Shallun Dennis’s eyes well up as she listens to Obama’s speech with Gunnery Sgt Omar Dennis, who relocated to Baltimore from his previous assignment in Okinawa, during the Inaugural Whistle Stop at Baltimore’s War Memorial Plaza of President-elect Barack Obama and VP Joe Biden, on their way to Washington DC. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

January 17, 2009 — President elect Barack Obama speaks at War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore during his train trip from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. He is flanked by wife Michelle and Vice President elect Joseph Biden. (Chiaki Kawajiri/Baltimore Sun)

January 17, 2009 — Michelle Obama, left, her husband, President-elect Barack Obama, Vice President-elect Joe Biden, and his wife Jill Biden, wave after being introduced at the War Memorial Plaza during his whistle stop train trip. (Monica Lopossay/Baltimore Sun)

January 17, 2009 — President-elect Barack Obama wave goodbye to the crowd at the War Memorial Plaza during his whistle stop train trip. (Monica Lopossay/Baltimore Sun)

January 17, 2009 — President-elect Barack Obama greets the crowd including Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith (center)at the War Memorial Plaza during his whistle stop train trip. (Monica Lopossay/Baltimore Sun)

May 22, 2009 — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (l-r), Captain Matthew Klunder, Commandant of Midshipmen, President Barak Obama and Vice Admiral Jeffrey Fowler, Superintendent of the Naval Academy, stand for the National Anthem at the start of the ceremonies. President Barak Obama gave the graduation address at the United States Naval Academy Class of 2009 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremonies. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 22, 2009 — President Barak Obama, shown getting a chest bump from a graduating Midshipman, gave the graduation address at the United States Naval Academy Class of 2009 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremonies. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 22, 2009 — Brittany Young, left, the last graduate to cross the stage poses for pictured with President Barak Obama while waving to her family before receiving her diploma. President Obama gave the graduation address at the United States Naval Academy Class of 2009 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremonies. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

September 7, 2009 — Crowds arrived early to attend President Barack Obama’s health care rally at the Comcast Center of the University of Md. The event was open to the public. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

September 7, 2009 — President Barack Obama addresses a packed house at a health care rally held at the Comcast Center of the University of Md. The event was open to the public. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

September 7, 2009 — President Barack Obama greets the crowd after giving his speech to a packed house for a health care rally held at the Comcast Center of the University of Md. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

January 29, 2010 — President Barack Obama visits the Chesapeake Machine Company in Baltimore. Terry Sims (r) owner and Joe Sedlak (c) is the operations manager. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

January 29, 2010 — President Barack Obama visits the Chesapeake Machine Company in Baltimore. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

January 29, 2010 — President Barack Obama addressed and answered questions from Republican House members during their retreat held at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

January 29, 2010 — President Barack Obama shields his eye from the stage lights as he listens to a question from Republican House member during their retreat held at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

July 20, 2010 — First Lady Michelle Obama (r) claps her hands as Christina McCray throws out the ceremonial first pitch before Baltimore Orioles – Tampa Bay Rays baseball game. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

July 20, 2010 — First Lady Michelle Obama running off the field after shakes the hands of the Orioles before Baltimore Orioles – Tampa Bay Rays baseball game. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

October 7, 2010 — The crowd attending the rally at Bowie State University takes photos and videos of President Barack Obama as he visits the campus to drum up support for Governor Martin O’Malley, Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown and Sen. Barbara Mikulski in the November election. In 2006 Sen. Obama came to the campus during his campaign for president. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

October 7, 2010 — Governor Martin O’Malley and President Barack Obama greet each other as Obama takes the stage during a get out the vote rally at Bowie State University. The president came to show his support for O’Malley, Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown and Sen. Barbara Mikulski. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

October 7, 2010 — President Barack Obama shakes hands with the crowd after his speech at Bowie State University. Obama was there to rally voter support for Governor Martin O’Malley, Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown and Sen. Barbara Mikulski in the November election. In 2006 Sen. Obama came to the campus during his campaign for president. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

July 22, 2011 — The crowds cheer for President Barack Obama as he makes an address during the Town Hall in Ritchie Coliseum at the University of Maryland. (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)

July 22, 2011 — President Barack Obama calls on an audience member to ask a question during the Town Hall in Ritchie Coliseum at the University of Maryland. (Christopher T. Assaf/Baltimore Sun)

November 26, 2011 — President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama are greeted by comedian Bill Murray (beard) as the Towson Tigers host the Oregon State Beavers in the men’s college basketball home opener at the Towson Center. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

November 26, 2011 — President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama watch pre-game warmups as the Towson Tigers host the Oregon State Beavers in the men’s college basketball home opener at the Towson Center. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

November 26, 2011 — President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama stand for the playing of the Star Spangled Banner as the Towson Tigers host the Oregon State Beavers in the men’s college basketball home opener at the Towson Center. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

November 26, 2011 — President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama applaud for Oregon State Beavers head coach Craig Robinson as the Towson Tigers host the Oregon State Beavers in the men’s college basketball home opener at the Towson Center. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

November 26, 2011 — President Barack Obama (center) poses with football head coach Rob Ambrose (left) and his team, winners of the CAA championship during halftime festivities as the Towson Tigers host the Oregon State Beavers in the men’s college basketball home opener at the Towson Center. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

November 26, 2011 — President Barack Obama chats with American Urban Radio Networks’ April Ryan of Baltimore County (cell: 202-285-3557) and meets her daughter Ryan James, 9 as the Towson Tigers host the Oregon State Beavers in the men’s college basketball home opener at the Towson Center. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

December 10 2011– President Barak Obama shakes hand with Army’s Steven Erzinger before conducting the coin tossfor the 2011 Army Navy game. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

Landover, Md.–12/10/11– President Barak Obama jokes and laughs with midshipmen during the 2011 Army Navy game. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

June 12, 2012 — President Barack Obama campaigns at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Baltimore. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

June 12, 2012 — President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at a cargo terminal at BWI Airport after campaign stops in Baltimore and Owings Mills. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

June 12, 2012 — Air Force One, with President Barack Obama on board, taxis toward the runway to depart BWI Airport after the President made campaign stops in Baltimore and Owings Mills. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

April 17, 2013 — First Lady Michelle Obama tours the orthopedic room at the U.S. Naval Academy with sailors HM3 Matthew Potter, left, HMCS Danilo Salazar, right, and (partially blocked behind Salazar) HM2 Jennifer Lee. They will be affected by the Veterans Full Employment Act of 2013. After the visit to the U.S Naval Academy, the First Lady visited the Maryland State House for the bill signing. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

April 17, 2013 — Governor Martin O’Malley greets First Lady Michelle Obama upon her arrival at the Maryland State House for the signing of the Veterans Full Employment Act of 2013. The law will streamline the credentialing and licensure process for service members, their spouses, veterans to transition into the civilian job market. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

April 17, 2013 — First Lady Michelle Obama attends the signing of the Veterans Full Employment Act of 2013 at the Maryland State House, a law which will streamline the credentialing and licensure process for service members, their spouses, veterans to transition into the civilian job market. Seated, from left, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Senate Pres. Mike Miller, Gov. Martin O’Malley, and House Speaker Michael Busch. Standing with the First Lady are service members and spouses of service members. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

April 17, 2013 — First Lady Michelle Obama celebrates with service members and spouses of service members the signing of the Veterans Full Employment Act of 2013 at the Maryland State House. Seated, from left, are Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Senate Pres. Mike Miller, Gov. Martin O’Malley, and House Speaker Michael Busch. The law will streamline the credentialing and licensure process for service members, their spouses, veterans to transition into the civilian job market. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

May 17, 2013 — President Barak Obama is in Baltimore for his second Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. While in Baltimore, the president, right, visited with pre-kindergardener students at Moravia Park Elementary School. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 17, 2013 — President Barak Obama is in Baltimore for his second Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. While in Baltimore, the president visited with pre-kindergarden students at Moravia Park Elementary School. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 17, 2013 — The Presidential motorcade drive through the Fort McHenry tunnel on-the-way to the second stop of President Barak Obama’s three-stop Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour in Baltimore. While in Baltimore, the president sat-in with pre-kindergarden students at Moravia Park Elementary School, gave a speech at Ellicott Dredges, a local manufacturer of innovative dredging equipments and visited the Center for Urban Families. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 17, 2013 — President Barak Obama is in Baltimore for his second Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. While in Baltimore, President Barak Obama toured Ellicott Dredges, a local manufacturer of innovative dredging equipments which are being used worldwide for infrastructure projects. Obama, left, greets supporters before delivering remarks to Ellicott Dredges employees and vendors. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 17, 2013 — President Barak Obama is in Baltimore for his second Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. While in Baltimore, President Obama visited and gave a speech at Ellicott Dredges, a local manufacturer of innovative dredging equipments which are being sold worldwide for infrastructure projects. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 17, 2013 — President Barak Obama is in Baltimore for his second Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. While in Baltimore, President Barak Obama toured Ellicott Dredges, a local manufacturer of innovative dredging equipments which are being used worldwide for infrastructure projects. Obama is pictured delivering remarks to Ellicott Dredges employees and vendors. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 17, 2013 — Bailey Arrington, 6, second left, of Baltimore, listens to the speech by President Barak Obama at Ellicott Dredges, a local manufacturer of innovative dredging equipments which are being used worldwide for infrastructure projects. The president is in Baltimore for a three-stop Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 17, 2013 — President Obama, center left, poses for pictures with Ellicott Dredges CEO Peter Bowes family after delivering remarks to company employees and vendors. (Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun)

May 17, 2013 — Baltimoreans lined along Eutaw and Preston streets to get a glimpse and pictures of the passing presidential motocade. President Barak Obama is in Baltimore making three stops for his Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 17, 2013 — President Barak Obama, from left, sits down for a roundtable discussion with Talai Costley, Marcus Dixon and others at the Center for Urban Families’ STRIVE Baltimore Employment Training and Career Advancement programs, while in Baltimore for his second Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 24, 2013 — President Barak Obama, center, the key note speaker during the 163rd traditional U.S. Naval Academy commissioning and graduation ceremony, shakes hand with graduates during ceremony at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

May 24, 2013 — President Barak Obama, left, the key note speaker during the 163rd traditional U.S. Naval Academy commissioning and graduation ceremony, gets a hug from Alexis Werner, right, as she is last person to be announced during the presentation of diplomas at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

September 12, 2014–The presidential helicopter lands at Sun Park. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

September 12, 2014 — NPS ranger Vincent Vaise (left) approaches the original document of the Star-Spangled Banner, penned by Francis Scott Key, with Pres. Barack Obama and Burt Kummerow, President and CEO of the Maryland Historical Society (back right) at Fort McHenry. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

September 12, 2014 — NPS ranger Vincent Vaise walks with Pres. Barack Obama who takes a brief tour with local dignitaries during a visit of the president to the city and Fort McHenry. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

September 12, 2014 — People aboard a cruise ship watch from the deck as the motorcade races up to I-95 toward Pikesville during a visit of the president to the city and Fort McHenry. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

October 14, 2014 – President Barack Obama joined Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown at a campaign rally for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate at the Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School gym in Upper Marlboro. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

November 3, 2014 — Crowds, including from left, Elaine Simon 69; Joyce Sanders, 71; Samantha Potts, 31, & Maxine Webb, 62, wait in line in front of the War Memorial for Michelle Obama & Anthony Brown on the last day of the campaign. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

December 2, 2014 — President Barack Obama arrives at NIH before his speech on Ebola vaccine research and ask Congress to pass emergency funding bill to fight against Ebola in the U.S. and aboard. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

December 2, 2014 — President Barak Obama make speech at NIH on Ebola vaccine research and ask Congress for more funding in the fight against Ebola in the U.S. and aboard. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

January 15, 2015 — President Barack Obama deplanes Marine One at Port Covington during a visit to Charmington’s Cafe where he ate lunch with three Baltimore women to discuss the needs of all Americans as they balance their families and jobs. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

January 15, 2015 — President Barack Obama, center, ate lunch with Amanda Rothschild, left, Mary Stein, right, and another woman, not pictured, at Charmington’s Cafe in Baltimore, to discuss the needs of all Americans as they balance their families and jobs. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

January 15, 2015 — President Barack Obama and Sen. Barbara Mikulski ate lunch at Charmington’s Cafe with three Baltimore women to discuss the needs of all Americans as they balance their families and jobs. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

January 15, 2015 — President Barack Obama, center, and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, left with back to camera, ate lunch at Charmington’s Cafe with Vika Jordan, from left, Amanda Rothschild, and Mary Stein, in green seather, to discuss the needs of all Americans as they balance their families and jobs. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

January 15, 2015 — President Barack Obama, center, shakes hand with onlookers after having lunch at Charmington’s Cafe with three Baltimore women to discuss the needs of all Americans as they balance their families and jobs. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

January 15, 2015 — President Barack Obama walks toward Marine One for boarding after his meeting with Senate Democrats during their planning retreat in downtown Baltimore. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

January 15, 2015 — President Barack Obama, aboard Marine One, top, leaves downtown Baltimore after his meeting with Senate Democrats during their planning retreat. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

March 21, 2015 — President Barack Obama, alongside his brother-in-law Craig Robinson, attends a NCAA Division I Women’s College Basketball tournament game between Princeton and Green Bay at the XFINITY Center in College Park, Maryland. Princeton forward Leslie Robinson is Obama’s niece. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun)

September 11, 2015 — President Barack Obama attends a town hall meeting with service members at Fort Meade on the 14th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

September 11, 2015 — During a light moment, President Barack Obama laughs after getting a facebook question from a military member. Obama attends a town hall meeting with service members at Fort Meade. This is the 14th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

September 11, 2015 — Left to right, Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Hvozda watches as PFC Melanie Bowroth shakes hands with President Barack Obama after a town hall meeting with service members at Fort Meade. Today is the 14th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

September 11, 2015 — President Barack Obama shakes hands with service members after attending a militry town hall meeting at Fort Meade on the 14th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

September 17, 2015 — A line of students wait to listen to panel hosted by Essence to kick off the magazine’s second annual college tour that included First Lady Michelle Obama at Howard Community College in Columbia. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)

September 17, 2015 — First Lady Michelle Obama asks a question while she tours Howard Community College in Columbia. (Jen Rynda/Baltimore Sun Media Group)

January 15, 2015 — President Barack Obama walks away from Marine One at West Convington to head to the Hyatt to speak to the House Democratic caucus annual retreat. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

January 28, 2016 — President Barack Obama waves to the crowd before speaking to the House Democratic caucus annual retreat at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Hyatt. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

January 28, 2016 — President Barack Obama, center, waves to the crowd as he is introduced by Rep. Robin Kelly, right, and Rep. Mark Takai during the House Democratic caucus annual retreat at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Hyatt. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

February 3, 2016 — President Barack Obama, center, meets with Muslim-American leaders during his visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore, one of the largest mosques in the region. The President is making his presidency’s first visit to a U.S. mosque. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

February 3, 2016 — A Secret Service agent stands watch as President Obama and his entourage enter the grounds of the Islamic Society of Baltimore in Windsor Mill where he spoke and met with Muslim leaders. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun)

February 3, 2016 — President Barack Obama visits the Islamic Society of Baltimore, one of the largest mosques in the region. The President is making his presidency’s first visit to a U.S. mosque. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

February 3, 2016 — President Barack Obama shakes hand with students of the Al-Rahmah School during his visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore, one of the largest mosques in the region. The President is making his presidency’s first visit to a U.S. mosque. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

February 3, 2016 — President Barack Obama, second left, shakes hand with students of the Al-Rahmah School during his visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore, one of the largest mosques in the region. The President is making his presidency’s first visit to a U.S. mosque. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun)

The Obamas in Maryland

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