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24 April 2024

22nd wedding anniversary: Barack and Michelle Obama

President Barack Obama wishing first lady Michelle Obama on her 50th birthday. (Twitter: @BarackObama)

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By AP

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observed their 22nd wedding anniversary a day late with a celebratory dinner Saturday night in the city's Georgetown neighborhood.

FILE- President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their, children Sasha, right, and Malia, second from left, walk back to the White House after attending St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington. (AP)

For their anniversary dinner they picked Bourbon Steak at the Four Seasons Hotel, about a six-minute drive from the White House.

Michelle Obama: More than anything, I want to thank you all for everything. I am so grateful to every one of you for your support and your prayers. (TWITTER)

Shortly after Obama arrived at the restaurant, more than 100 protesters calling for justice for Michael Brown, the shooting victim in Ferguson, Missouri, marched down M Street in what appeared to be a previously planned demonstration.

First lady Michelle Obama dances with President Barack Obama during The Inaugural Ball at the Washignton convention center during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP)

Before their date, the president spent four hours playing golf at Andrews Air Force Base.

Obama and his wife traveled separately on Friday, prompting a delayed date night.

US President Barack Obama (L) takes the oath of office from US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as first lady Michelle Obama holds the bible with their daughter Malia (R) in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. (AFP)

Both alluded to their anniversary Friday at their respective stops. "I might not even see him today," Mrs. Obama told a Boston political gathering. "Twenty-two years she's been putting up with me," her husband told steel workers at a plant in Princeton, Indiana.

US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters, Sasha (2nd L) and Malia (R) walk from the White House through Lafayette Park to attend church services at St. John's Church in Washington. (AFP)

"Michelle has been very patient with me," Obama told the workers.