“Chicago's South Side to host Obama's presidential library”

President Barack Obama's presidential library will be located in Chicago, the Barack Obama Foundation officially announced Tuesday. Obama's birthplace, the city of Honolulu in Hawaii, was also a finalist to host the center, but Chicago had long been the favorite. "All the strands of my life came together and I really became a man when I moved to Chicago," Obama said. Chicago is where Obama got his start after graduating from Harvard Law School, working first as a community organizer in Chicago's South Side before jumping into politics, representing the South Side in the Illinois State Senate. Obama would later spring to the U.S. Senate after winning election statewide in Illinois. Obama also claimed victory in Chicago in 2008 against Republican nominee John McCain and launched his presidential bid in the same state, in Springfield, Illinois. The Barack Obama Foundation decided on Chicago, with the Obamas ultimately signing off on the decision. In the video, Obama also touted the economic benefits of bringing his presidential library to the city, hoping it will create job opportunities and generate tourism for the city. (The Presidential Library system is composed of thirteen Presidential Libraries. Presidential Libraries are not libraries in the usual sense. They are archives and museums, bringing together in one place the documents and artifacts of a President and presenting them to the public for study and discussion without regard for political considerations or affiliations. Congress legislated this policy, passing the Presidential Libraries Act in 1955.)

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