By Lori Ricker

For my sweet friend Cherokee…. Dare to dream, be all you can be! By Lori Ricker

President Ford, in his pajamas, meets with staff members Steve Todd (military aide) and Terry O'Donnell in the President's suite. 11/19/74.

First Lady Michelle Obama, chefs from around the country, and a group of children harvest vegetables from the White House Kitchen Garden during a “Let’s Move!” event on the South Lawn of the White House. 6/4/10

Kennedy state dinner for Pakistan: July 11, 1961

President Obama playing with the White House dog named Bo in May 2009.

President Reagan working in his state room aboard Air Force One. 2/19/81.

Richard Nixon's Staff Meeting on Air Force One, November 7, 1972

The President prepares to board Marine One

President Barack Obama holds a bilateral meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates in the Oval Office of the White House on 4/26/11

President Bush toasts with Queen Elizabeth II, left, during a state dinner at the White House on Monday, May 7, 2007.

On October 6,1979, President Carter welcomed Pope John Paul to the White House where the two men met privately in the Oval Office for an hour.

Secret Service Agent Tim McCarthy (far right, striped tie) was a member of President Ronald Reagan’s Secret Service Staff on March 30, 1981…

That same Secret Service Agent used his body on that same day to stop an assassin’s bullet and save President Ronald Reagan’s life…

Secret Agents run with President George Bush at the Kennedy Space Center.

Secret Agents walk along the Presidential motorcade.

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet. Painted by F.B. Carpenter ; engraved by A.H. Ritchie, c1866.

FDR signs the GI Bill on June 22,1944

Eisenhower signs 1957 Civil Rights Act.

Every year since 1984, Jimmy and his wife Rosalynn have given a week of their time and their valuable construction skills to a Habitat for Humanity project somewhere in America.

Here, the President and Mrs. Clinton help prepare Thanksgiving Dinner for homeless people at New Covenant Baptist Church in Washington, DC.

President Carter helps rebuild homes in Thailand after the 2004 tsunami tragedy. In this photo, he is helping to press bricks.

President Andrew Johnson statue in Greeneville, TN.

Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Fairfield, North Dakota