A breathtakingly beautiful statue of a young Obama was unveiled in Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday on the eve of the American President's receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The little boy, a replica of Obama at the age of ten, dressed in a shirt and pants, is gazing at a butterfly that has landed on his finger. It is symbolic of the global impact that our President has had around the world and the many peoples and cultures he has touched with his life, his work and oratory.
"We imagined Barry, and we thought the story would be inspirational to all Indonesian children that when you dream big, they can come true," said Ron Mullers, chairman of the nonprofit group Friends of Obama.
Mullers, a Hawaii native and long-time resident of Indonesia adds, "We thought wouldn't it be great to have a statue of him here as a child, not as president, but as a child, as an inspiration to the Indonesian people."
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