Escape from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue! 8/8/2001

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Escape from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue!

Even the President needs to take a break once in a while. TIME.com looksback at some memorable presidential vacations

FDR lets his pal do the work as he relaxes on board a fishing boat in the Gulf of Mexico. The President was fishing for tarpon. (1937)

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