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Barack Obama is celebrating his 61st birthday by naming a new addition to the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago after his mother, Ann Dunham.

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On Thursday, the 44th president announced that the Obama Presidential Center's water garden, which will be located near the center's north entrance garden, will be named after his mother.

The water garden "will serve as a designated place on campus meant for reflection and relaxation" and feature an art installation from Maya Lin — the artist who created the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

— called "Seeing Through the Universe," which promises to feature an oculus that creates mist and a flat "pebble" piece that will fill with water.

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