U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the ground breaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington February 22, 2012. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

Lest anyone think I’m just cherry picking a bad shot here’s an AFP photo.

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stand for the National Anthem during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, DC, February 22, 2012. Scheduled to open in 2015, the museum will be the only national museum to be entirely devoted to African American life, art, history and culture. (AFP PHOTO/Saul LOEB)

And a different Reuters photographer.

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are joined by Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Wayne Clough (L) as they place their hands over their hearts while the American flag is honored at the groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington February 22, 2012. The museum is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. (REUTERS/Larry Downing)