June opening date for Obama Presidential Center in Chicago announced – NBC5 (Chicago)

The Center will open to the public June 19, one day after a dedication ceremony is scheduled to take place. A "series of events that will bring together the changemakers, community members, volunteers, and supporters who made the Obama presidency a reality and that welcome visitors to celebrate the power of hope and change" will mark the opening and continue through June 21.
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outraged
1 month ago

Worlds most expensive statue of a garbage can. Perfectly fitting whom it is for.

The Railroader
1 month ago

They were change makers all right. All for the detriment of the country. Barry’s eyesore tribute to Darth Vader’s lair via Soviet architecture is an appropriate reminder of the empty suit, hopey-changey load of schite the media sold (and continues to sell) to the chumbolones.

daskoterzar
1 month ago

I am sure it will be a media spectacle and pounded on our heads on every media outlet over and over again. The speeches will be “Stand up”, Fight, Focus on ” Working Families”, Hold ICE accountable, F*ck Trump. I am sure this place will be a gathering place for community leaders, various cOalitions, faith leaders and other grifters and con men who need a place to fleece the rubes in Chicago.

Hello, Indiana!
1 month ago

I hope all law enforcement makes it a point to avoid the area of the party that day. Let the police haters sort out their own mess when the party gets out of hand and “ funnin youths “ take over.

Ron
1 month ago

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