Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today!
We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.
@HouseGOP Handing out EVERYTHING to everyone else and then complain about the programs that are helping Americans. The hypocrisy of the @WhiteHouse@GOP@MikeJohnson
Today, the Obama Presidential Center officially opens in Chicago! Barack and Michelle Obama could have built this center anywhere in the world, but they chose Jackson Park, the South Side of Chicago - the streets where Barack once knocked on doors as a young organizer. I love that that’s where he wanted it to be; The place where his story started.
As this country’s first Black President and First Lady, they never let that be the end of their legacy. They spent every day since opening doors for everyone, regardless of political party, coming up behind them, and Cookie and I have been fortunate to see that commitment up close.
This center isn’t just a monument to what Obama has done. It’s a library, a museum, and a place where the next generation will come to understand not just what he did - but what’s possible for them. Barack, this is so well-deserved. Cookie and I can’t wait to bring the family to visit it in person!
@kellytx2 You couldn’t just say happy Juneteenth? 🤔Lincoln can NOT BE COMPARED to the @GOP we have in office today. Many of them are COWARDS with their heads so far up that man’s behind it’s disgusting 🤢
Happy Juneteenth folks 🫶🏽
Juneteenth marks the celebration of America's second independence day.
Like the people in this photo—celebrating the day in 1900—we know that progress hasn't made our union perfect. But we can recommit to reaching toward that more perfect union together.
Happy Juneteenth.