A short video from US President Barack Obama’s tour of the Acropolis in central Athens Wednesday was posted on the official White House Twitter account a day later, with the outgoing president’s message on democratic ideals adding credence to the notion that his visit to Greece – two months before leaving office -- aimed to seal the legacy of his two-term presidency.
A short video from US President Barack Obama’s tour of the Acropolis in central Athens Wednesday was posted on the official White House Twitter account a day later, with the outgoing president’s message on democratic ideals adding credence to the notion that his visit to Greece – two months before leaving office -- aimed to seal the legacy of his two-term presidency.
Obama repeated the venerable Lincoln quote of a “government of the people, by the people, for the people”, but with the Parthenon as the backdrop instead of Civil War-era Gettysburg.
Obama then toured the New Acropolis Museum and gave a rousing address to a boisterous audience at the state-of-the-art Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in coastal southern Athens.