At
last week's Board of Aldermen meeting, Sullivan proposed to honor the
president-elect's historic achievement by mounting a plaque outside the
basement apartment he lived in at 365 Broadway while studying at
Harvard from 1987 to 1990.

"It's a very historic thing. There's
a buzz in the city that the president slept here for three years and a
monument signifying that would be nice.

"Let's show the kids in
Somerville that if you come from modest means, through hard work and
perseverance you can be successful, you could even be president. Obama
is the first African-American president. And he lived in Ward 4,"
Sullivan said.

The cost for a monument would be minimal and an invitation could be extended to Obama.

"I understand he has bigger priorities but maybe Somerville could be one stop on his way through. Why not?" Sullivan said.