Obama's Best Hometown Moments: A Look Back One Year Later (PHOTOS)

As part of HuffPost's One Year Later series, we're looking back at the significant events since Obama was elected. Though November 4, 2008, permanently catapulted Obama to the world stage, he had been making his mark in Chicago long before. Below are some of Obama's defining moments in his adopted hometown. Pick the ones you think are most important and add any others that should be on the list.

Delivers 2002 Speech Against The Iraq War

On Oct. 2, 2002, Obama rose to the podium at an anti-Iraq war rally at Daley Plaza and declared: "I don’t oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war." The speech did little for his career at the time-- the Tribune didn't even quote his remarks in its story-- but it helped pave the way for his 2004 Senate race and became a touchstone of his 2008 presidential campaign.

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[la2012verdad]

The "Chicago moment" photo I would love to see would be the look on his face when he heard t hat Chicago had been eliminated in the first round of the Olympics.

[westreal]

The video was fantastic. It got a 10 from me.