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Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, First Lady Michelle Obama and Col. Rob…
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, First Lady Michelle Obama and Col. Robert Menist read a book to children of U.S. service members as part of a Joining Forces Initiative event at U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza in Vicenza, Italy, June 19, 2015. (P061915AL-0629)
Joining Forces - Visit to US Army Garrison Vicenza, Italy
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, First Lady Michelle Obama and Col. Robert Menist read a book to children of U.S. service members as part of a Joining Forces Initiative event at U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza in Vicenza, Italy, June 19, 2015. (P061915AL-0629)

Joining Forces - Visit to US Army Garrison Vicenza, Italy

Event TypeAdministrative Initiative
June 19, 2015
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First Lady Michelle Obama, Malia and Sasha Obama, and Marian Robinson traveled to Vicenza, Italy on June 19, 2015 to visit with military servicemembers and their families stationed at US Army Garrison in Vicenza. The group attended and served lunch at a barbecue hosted by the United Service Organizations, read books to schoolchildren at the Villaggio Youth and Teen Center, and hosted a baby shower for expectant military mothers.
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Additional information about the Joining Forces event in Vincenza, Italy on June 19, 2015 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "The First Lady Celebrates Military Families Stationed in Italy"
Photos from the Joining Forces event in Vicenza, Italy on June 19, 2015 were posted to the First Lady’s archived Medium Account: "In Pictures: The First Lady’s Trip to the U.K. and Italy"