<p>Some were wowed by the feeling of sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office replica.</p><p>One visitor thought of all the people who helped build the place — because she's married to one of them.</p><p>And still others were just overwhelmed by remembering what the election of the first Black president meant to them, and to the country,</p><p>That's just a few of the thoughts from the visitors lucky enough to score much-coveted tickets to the museum of the Obama Presidential Center on its grand opening.</p><p>They were among thousands of visitors from across the country who packed nearly every corner of the campus in Jackson Park Friday to celebrate a place and a president on Juneteenth.</p><h3>Delores Mcclendon, 45, Englewood</h3><p>Delores Mcclendon spent hours touring the museum, but one installation in particular gave her the chance to relive one of the most significant moments not only of her own life, but for many others as well.</p><p>Mcclendon said the exhibit that stood out most was a video replaying the day former President Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election.</p><p>“I remember that night, sitting there watching with my family,” said Mcclendon. “We were all shedding tears as he was getting closer and closer to winning. We were rejoicing.”</p><p>But before he became president, Obama was her neighbor, she said.</p><p>“He's from Chicago and that's the most exciting thing to me,” said Mcclendon.