Yes we can.
Yes we did.
Thank you for being a part of the past eight years. pic.twitter.com/mjmr4RkxpV [1]

— The White House NARA (@ObamaWhiteHouse) January 20, 2017 [2]

Just one hour before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, the Obama White House's official Twitter account [3] shared one last powerful message with its followers. The image in the tweet is from March 2015, when the Obama family marched among a crowd in Alabama to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the marches from Selma to Montgomery. The succinct yet impactful caption reads: "Yes we can. Yes we did. Thank you for being a part of the past eight years." We can't think of a more fitting way to sum up his two terms leading our nation.

A closer look at the image reveals an even more potent message, as Rep. John Lewis is situated in the center, proudly marching and holding hands with Michelle and Barack Obama. A civil rights legend, Lewis recently revealed that he does not consider Trump a "legitimate president [4]," which, naturally, spurred a scathing response from the new POTUS on Twitter. Following the social media feud, Lewis chose to not attend Trump's inauguration.

The Twitter account's handle has since been changed to @ObamaWhiteHouse, which archives all of the tweets from @WhiteHouse, and the @POTUS Twitter account has officially been handed over to Trump [5] and his administration.

You can follow Obama's personal Twitter account, @BarackObama [6], to keep up with his postpresidency life, and a new handle, @POTUS44 [7], where you can reread some of his best tweets as president [8] when you're in need of a pick-me-up — so basically anytime over the next four years.