NEW: The official portraits of former Pres. Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are unveiled during a White House ceremony.
The public unveiling of presidential portraits as we know it today started in 1978 during the Carter administration, according to White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin.
"George, I will always remember the gathering you hosted for all the living former presidents before I took office, your kind words of encouragement. Plus, you also left me a really good TV sports package. I use it," Obama joked in 2012 of George W. Bush. "There's a sense of anticipation and excitement about it. And the President and First Lady who are depicted in those portraits have seen them of course, but the reality of having them unveiled in full scale size right there in the East Room of the White House. It's just a moment -- it's almost like a Christmas morning," he said.
"Typically they would have conversations or they would talk about style and process and things in the background. Sometimes presidents or first ladies put things that have some meaning or purpose or tell a story behind them," McLaurin said.
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