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Showing Original Post only (View all)Where Should the Obama Library be Located?? [View all]
Hey -- the second term is about "Legacy"!
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New York City, NY at Columbia | |
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Cambridge, MA at Harvard | |
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Chicago, IL | |
18 (53%) |
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Honolulu, HI | |
12 (35%) |
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Springfield, IL | |
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1 (3%) |
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Other (explain below) | |
3 (9%) |
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I think the NARA would urge against Honolulu because it would be difficult for many to visit
OmahaBlueDog
Jan 2013
#4
I was at the Nixon library a few years ago and got a VIP tour along with.....Calista Gingrich
TeamPooka
Jan 2013
#66
Should be in Hawaii, but I'm hoping for Chicago so that I can go there one day before I die :) n/t
Tx4obama
Jan 2013
#21
Chicago would give more citizens and children easier access to visit than Hawaii
TeamPooka
Jan 2013
#23
I truly understand your sentiment but lots of Presidents bypass their roots. Reagan with Dixon IL
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#47
Here's a map at the Archives site - Chicago would put it square in the Library Belt
petronius
Jan 2013
#24
and in Chicago would be a nice offset to the Hoover and Ford museums nearest in the midwest.
TeamPooka
Jan 2013
#49
I say we get a reinforced pre-fab buidling up in the air with some heavy transport choppers...
derby378
Jan 2013
#30
Chicago. I love the symbolism of Lincoln's library in the south of IL, and Obama's in the north nt
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#34
No need for a "stone and concrete" library. Instead, Obama could offer a "digital library"
MindandSoul
Jan 2013
#65
I think it should be in Hawaii, he is the first President from the state and may be the last for
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#71