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The presidential beach boys

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

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by Lauren Hansen
May 25, 2015

1924: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Mrs. Frances de Rham relax in Palm Beach, Florida.

(CORBIS)

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.

(National Archive/Newsmakers)

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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.

(Gerald R. Ford Library via Getty Images)

1977: President Jimmy Carter walks with his daughter Amy into the surf off Sea Island, Georgia.

(AP Photo)

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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.

(Thomas Graves/White House/Sygma/CORBIS)

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1993: Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary ride bikes along the beach at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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2008: Barack Obama walks down Kailua Beach, in Hawaii, with his daughters Malia and Sasha.

(AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

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