The presidential beach boys

Even leaders of the free world need a little sun and sand every now and again

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1924: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. Frances de Rham relax in Palm Beach, Florida.
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1947: President Harry Truman strolls along the beach at Key West.
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1963: President John F. Kennedy sits with his son, John Jr., in a boat on the beach at Newport, Rhode Island.
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1953: Richard Nixon walks with his wife Thelma and his daughters Julie and Tricia.
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1972: Gerald Ford fishes off the back of a boat in the Caribbean with his wife Betty.
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1977: President Jimmy Carter walks with his daughter Amy into the surf off Sea Island, Georgia.
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1967: Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy kick back on the deck of the ocean liner Independence as it sails toward the Virgin Islands.
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1988: George H.W. Bush fishes during a vacation to Florida.
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1993: Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary ride bikes along the beach at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
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2008: Barack Obama walks down Kailua Beach, in Hawaii, with his daughters Malia and Sasha.
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Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.