When you’re the most powerful and famous person on Earth, every photo gives way to the next in a matter of hours if not minutes. Except this one. By popular demand, it’s remained on display at his office since 2009. An “aw”-inducing photo hangs in the White House’s West Wing showing President Obama leaning over to allow a 5-year-old boy to touch his hair. The New York Times reveals the back story that led to the picture: The boy in the picture is Jacob Philadelphia of Columbia, Md. Three years ago this month, his father, Carlton, a former Marine, was leaving the White House staff after a two-year stint on the National Security Council. As departing staff members often do, Mr. Philadelphia asked for a family photograph with the Commander-in-Chief, who happily obliged. When the pictures were taken and the family was about to leave, Mr. Philadelphia told Mr. Obama that his sons each had a question …
