#BarackObama#AccessHollywood Barack Obama is sharing the heartfelt way he is honoring his mom in the upcoming Obama Presidential Center. During an interview which aired on “TODAY” May 6 with Jenna Bush Hager, though originally conducted in April, the former President explained that an area of the campus will include a water terrace named in honor of his late mom, Ann Dunham. “It’s a fountain that’s designed where kids can run in and out of the fountain and play in it and splash in it. And she loved kids,” Obama told Bush Hager. Dunham passed away in 1995 at age 52, 13 years before her son was elected President in 2008. Obama additionally reflected on what his mom instilled in him. “My mom didn’t live to see me as president, but she was reflected in everything I did as president because she was a kind person, somebody who believed in doing things for other folks and not just thinking for yourself. A lot of those values of respecting people, regardless of their backgrounds, and listening to them, and learning from them. I learned from her,” he detailed. The 19-acre Obama Presidential Center, located on Chicago’s South Side, opens on Juneteenth this summer.
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My mom didn't live to see me as president, but she was reflected in everything I did.
Barack Obama is sharing the heartfelt way he is honoring his mom in the upcoming Obama
Presidential Center. During an interview which aired on today, May 6, with Jenna Bush Hager,
though originally conducted in April, the former president explained that an area of the campus
will include a water terrace named in honor of his late mom, Ann Dunham.
It's a fountain that's designed where kids can run in and out of the fountain
and play in it and splash in it and she loved kids.
Dunham passed away in 1995 at age 52, 13 years before her son was elected president in 2008.
Obama additionally reflected on what his mom instilled in him.
My mom didn't live to see me as president, but she was reflected in everything I did.
As president because she was a kind person, somebody who believed in doing things for
other folks and not just thinking for yourself. A lot of those values of respecting people,
regardless of their backgrounds and listening to them and learning from them, I learned from her.
At some point of being able to sit there, maybe not right during the opening because
it'll be really packed, but maybe 20 years from now where people won't know
and I can kind of sneak over there and just sit there and watch some kids running through
some water on a nice summer day and I know that would make her happy.
The 19-acre campus will additionally include a public library, a museum, community spaces,
public art and recording studios, and even more places to engage in activities as well as sports.
We've got that playground for kids to play in.
That was fantastic.
And a community garden following up on what Michelle did and a basketball court and a gym
because I think sports are central to who we are and an auditorium where public speakers will come
in and young people who are bringing about change in their communities can come together and convene
and learn and practice civic leadership. The Obama Presidential Center, located on
Chicago's South Side, opens on Juneteenth this summer.
