“As we drive through this city and we see past presidents on Adams, on Washington, on Jefferson and now we’ll have one that was in our lifetime, who was a president for everybody: Barack Hussein Obama,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said.
The renaming of Rodeo Road in the name of the 44th President of the United States is cause for a giant party.
The official dedication ceremony attracted thousands of people to the street’s intersection with Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in one of Los Angeles’ historic black neighborhoods. The festival celebratedof the 44th president at the spot where he held a campaign rally in 2007, days after announcing his run for the White House.
A series of speeches by local dignitaries highlighted Obama’s career and the importance of voting. Afterward, Michael Lawson, president and chief executive of the L.A. Urban League, read a letter from Obama. Crowds cheer at the unveiling of Obama Boulevard, which further establishes a"presidential row" in Los Angeles.
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