Obama visits grandfather's grave in Hawaii

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama ended his nearly two-week Hawaiian vacation on a somber note Monday, taking his daughters to visit his grandfather's grave.

The president's motorcade wound through the island of Oahu's mountainous terrain late Monday afternoon on its way to National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. The president, along with daughters Malia and Sasha, briefly visited the grave of his maternal grandfather, Stanley Dunham.

Obama was raised by his grandparents in Hawaii for much of his childhood. He often returned to the island as an adult to visit his grandmother, who died in the final days of the 2008 presidential campaign.

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