President Obama meets with 101 year old Mabel Harvey - pics

[Kadie]

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd R) pats the hand of Mabel Harvey (R), 101, as he and first lady Michelle Obama (L) hold a conversation with a small group of African-American seniors and their grandchildren on the legacy of the civil rights movement, at the White House in Washington January 18, 2010.


U.S. President Barack Obama holds a conversation with a small group of African-American seniors and their grandchildren on the legacy of the civil rights movement, at the White House in Washington January 18, 2010.


WASHINGTON - JANUARY 18: U.S. President Barack Obama jokes with Mable Harvey before hosting a conversation with a small group of African American seniors and their grandchildren on the legacy of the civil rights movement at the White House January 18, 2010 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and their two daughters served lunch to the poor to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.


U.S. President Barack Obama (L) smiles while talking with Mabel Harvey, 101, as he holds a conversation with a small group of African-American seniors and their grandchildren on the legacy of the civil rights movement, at the White House in Washington January 18, 2010.


President Barack Obama talks with Mable Harvey, 102, from Washington, D.C. , after a conversation with a small group of African American seniors and their grandchildren on the legacy of the civil rights movement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.


President Barack Obama talks with Mable Harvey, 102 from Washington, DC. , after a conversation with a small group of African American seniors and their grandchildren on the legacy of the civil rights movement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.

[struggle4progress]

1. ... Mr. Joseph Harvey is 105, and Ms. Mabel Harvey here is the spry young one at 102 ...

World Press Digest
Remarks by the President Following Intergenerational Reflection on the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/index/30450

[malaise]

4. Damn they're both still alive

That's amazing.

Lovely pics.

[starroute]

6. But she aged a year from the first pic to the last

Began at age 101 and ended at 102.

Must have been a long meeting.

[malaise]

8. LOL

:rofl:

[Kadie]

9. LOL

I know. I didn't know which one to use, thought it best to go with 101. No woman wants to be called older than she really is.

:rofl:

[shireen]

2. she's beautiful!

i am so in awe of people like her. what a rich life she's led, and imagine all the things she's witnessed. so few of us have the privilege to reach that age, and be up-and-about like her. What a fantastic lady!

[Froward69]

3. Damn IT!!!

You got me all misty... :cry: :loveya: :cry: :fistbump: :blush:

[KittyWampus]

5. Mabel's got her Church Hat going on!

[MiniMe]

10. I was thinking the same thing.

I'm sure that is her best outfit and her best hat.

[Kadie]

11. She sure is charming the President.

:hi:

[alsame]

7. Link to video here:

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/01/18/HP/A/28573/Pres+Obama+Remarks+on+Civil+Rights.aspx

[Kadie]

12. Thanks!

:hi:

[JDPriestly]

13. Beautiful. K&R

Now, President Obama, don't you dare sign a bill that cuts Social Security or Medicare. Those are the lifelines for many beautiful seniors.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. That's COOL.

Very Nice MLK Day Pics. :thumbsup: