President Barack Obama helps Helen Chavez as they walk up stairs during Obama's visit to La Paz in Keene in October 2012. At left is Paul Chavez; third from left is Arturo Rodriguez, UFW president; and at right is Dolores Huerta, UFW co-founder.
U.S. President George W. Bush honors musician B.B. King as one of the 2006 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House in Washington, in this file picture taken Dec. 15, 2006. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the U.S.'s highest civil award.
In this May 11, 2008 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Bush died at the age of 94 on Nov. 30, 2018, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush.
In this file photo from March 2004, a little girl tries to get President George W. Bush's attention as the president stops along his motorcade route to shake hands with schoolchildren. President Bush's visit to Bakersfield came during the beginning of his re-election bid.
President George H.W. Bush landed at Meadows Field airport on July 14, 1992.
President Barack Obama helps Helen Chavez as they walk up stairs during Obama's visit to La Paz in Keene in October 2012. At left is Paul Chavez; third from left is Arturo Rodriguez, UFW president; and at right is Dolores Huerta, UFW co-founder.
U.S. President George W. Bush honors musician B.B. King as one of the 2006 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House in Washington, in this file picture taken Dec. 15, 2006. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the U.S.'s highest civil award.
President George H.W. Bush speaks at the Bakersfield Business Conference in 1995.
In this file photo, President Bill Clinton gives a thumbs up as he steps off Air Force One at Meadows Field on April 15, 2000.
President Obama addresses the crowd at La Paz in Keene in this file photo captured in 2012.
In this May 11, 2008 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Bush died at the age of 94 on Nov. 30, 2018, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush.
In this file photo from March 2004, a little girl tries to get President George W. Bush's attention as the president stops along his motorcade route to shake hands with schoolchildren. President Bush's visit to Bakersfield came during the beginning of his re-election bid.
George H.W. and Barbara Bush lived in Bakersfield for a few months in 1949. Quiz question: What was the name of the street on which they lived?
A member of the Secret Service Counter Assault team watches from the roof of the White House in this file photo from Oct. 3, 2013.
Every sitting president in the past 30 years has made a stop in Kern County — sometimes to campaign, other times to use the occasion to take some sort of official action.
It’s fair to say that Bakersfield has had its share of Presidents Days, or more precisely, days with presidents.
Steven Mayer can be reached at 661-395-7353. Follow him on Facebook and on Twitter: @semayerTBC.
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