Where did President Barack Obama deliver his victory speech on the 4th of November, 2008?

Following his victory in the United States presidential election, 2008, President-elect Barack Obama gave his victory speech at Grant Park in his home city of Chicago, Illinois, on November 4, 2008, before an estimated crowd of 240,000.

Viewed on television and the internet by millions of people around the globe, Obama's speech focused on the major issues facing the United States and the world. All the ideas that echoed through his campaign slogan of change were mentioned. He also talked about his grandmother, who had died two nights earlier.

Overall, Obama's speech heavily referenced the inaugural addresses of former Presidents John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln, and also referred to speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.