Little Rock's Clinton Presidential Center is now five years old.

Former President Bill Clinton was back home today to mark the occasion.

He joined a crowd of about 1,000 for an anniversary celebration luncheon that was set up under a large tent on the center's grounds.

Stepping up to the podium, Clinton compared the goal of the center with how it operates today.

"I wanted to build this library so people would come through here and leave and say, you know, I never voted for that guy, I didn't even necessarily agree with what he did but I tell you what, there really are consequences to elections," he said. "There really are consequences in government and it really matters who does what."

"We did a pretty good job of telling the story," he said. "We did a pretty good job of building a bridge to the 21st Century."

"The purpose of the library's history part," Clinton said, "is to show the power of the people to select elected officials who can do good things that enable us all to go forward together. The purpose of the Clinton School, of the work we've done, of all the work I do with AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, with the Clinton Global Initiative, is to show the power of private citizens to do public good, and both are important."

The Clinton Center is located on the banks of the Arkansas River on the city's east side. The now familiar landmark is home to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, and the Little Rock offices of the Clinton Foundation.

In its first five years more than 1-and-a-half-million people have visited the library. More than 100-thousand students have participated in school tours. Ninety-thousand artifacts and 80-million pages of documents are housed there, and the library has created 2-billion-dollars in economic development for Downtown Little Rock.

To celebrate the anniversary, the library has been giving back to the community for the past five days.

"Five Days of Giving" Fast Facts:

* About 1,900 people visited the Center on Saturday and enjoyed free admission to the Library.

* More than 1,200 coats were donated through Tuesday as part of the Center’s coat drive. The coat drive ends tomorrow.

* 100 volunteers took part of a community service day on Tuesday. Volunteers from the Clinton Foundation, the Clinton School of Public Service, City Year Little Rock/North Little Rock and Bank of America participated in a renovation of Oak Forest Community Garden.