Overview
- A Bo-themed golf head cover tied to President Obama is now on view in the Hall of Presidents lobby’s “Public Lives Personal Memories” case with a placard and a photo.
- The custom piece was a 2014 diplomatic gift from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, reflecting Obama’s family dog Bo.
- The new item replaces an Obama basketball that was taken out of the lobby in February for reasons not publicly disclosed.
- Walt Disney World has not commented on the removal, and reporting notes the basketball was on loan from the Barack Obama Presidential Library with timing that coincided with preparations for the Obama Center in Chicago.
- Teddy bears honoring Theodore Roosevelt were moved to another case as part of the lobby’s routine refresh of rotating artifacts.