The 40th President of the United States was honored today in the Rotunda of the Capital Building, when a 7 foot bronze statue of Ronald Wilson Reagan was unveiled. This is one of the most meaningful statues of Ronald Reagan to date, and if there is justice in the world, it won’t be the last.
President Ronald Reagan
A myriad of current and former politicians and even former members of Ronald Reagan’s administration were on hand in Washington for the unveiling of the bronze statue; which fittingly contained pieces of the Berlin wall where Reagan made his famous “tear down this wall” speech.
Former First Lady, Nancy Reagan, now 87 years old, was on hand to help with the unveiling. Mrs. Reagan helped pull the blue curtain away to reveal the 7 foot bronze statue which was made by North Carolina artist Chas Fagan.
Nancy Reagan, who was the light of the former President’s life, spoke about being in the Capital for the first time since the funeral of the former President back in 2004. She said it was nice to be there under happier circumstances.
Many guests remarked about different aspects of the Reagan Presidency, some talked about his charisma, some his charm, others spoke of his strength. It was by bi-partisan agreement that the statue would be placed in the Capital’s Rotunda; which is the symbolic center of American government.
Former Secretary James Baker III remarked looking at the Ronald Reagan Statue:
“It will stand forever as a silent sentry in these hallowed halls, to teach our children and our grandchildren about that which once was and to inspire them with visions of that which can be again — today, tomorrow and unto the generations,” Baker said.
This past Tuesday Barack Obama created the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission, which is to plan and carry out events in 2011 marking the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth.
Tear down this wall
Reagan Statue Dedication Video
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Oh God how I miss him. He was proud of America and made me glad to be one again after 4 years of Jimmy Carter.
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:57 pm
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June 3rd, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Why don’t y’all just go and dig him up. That’d be better than a statue.
June 4th, 2009 at 12:10 am
He threw most of the crazy people into the streets and told them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, duh what are bootstraps.
Because so many women started working and were building up a better middle class family with more money he raised a lot of taxes and lifted the rent freeze so rent doubled.
He turned out to be pro buisness and anti union.
He fired most all air traffic controlers even though they really had nothing to do with National Security. Lots of other things that made it hard on the middle class.
The crazy people in the street were left for the local churches to support.
There was alot of good and bad about him, great speechs.
What was his part in Federal Reserve corruption?
What was his part in setting up this New World Order?
June 4th, 2009 at 5:15 am
ShannonClay,
You must be one of the crazy people you are ranting about. I made more money in the 80’s then anytime in my life because the spirit of America was alive. You could do just about anything you wanted to. Some people will always choose to be victims and whine because there are successful people in the world. Life is about choices. Show me your friends and I will show you your future.
June 4th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Wow! What a great man! I have a piece of the Berlin wall that my father got while he was stationed in Germany. That piece sits in my wife’s china cabinet like all our other air looms. I am very happy they could incorporate that into the statue. What a great Idea.
June 4th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
And ditto what George said. ShannonClay you are obviously not the brightest crayon in the box, “He fired most all air traffic controllers even though they really had nothing to do with National Security. Lots of other things that made it hard on the middle class.” He fired them because they were on strike and he had the legal right to. You know what happens if the military goes on strike? They get thrown in jail. The ATCs were government employees and were held to their contract that they were in violation of. Not much different from the contract I signed when I joined the Army.
If he made it so hard on the middle class why is it that we had the strongest and wealthiest middle class during and after his Presidency?
Reagan was renowned for his tax cuts. They were responsible for the surplus that Clinton enjoyed in the same because more money was being spent and made by the middle class.
“He turned out to be pro business and anti union.”
This was a bad thing? Small Business, the back bone of America. Ever heard that before Mrs. Shannon? Reagan created the small business boom of the 1980s and 1990s. Small Business is the dream of many Americans and there is nothing wrong with being pro business. As far as anti union, unions had their place years ago when companies owed everything that its workers used from the close on their backs to their houses. That ended and now all unions are good for is paying off democrats and over inflating the price of goods. You wonder why GM and Chrysler failed? I can tell you that paying a High school graduate 69 bucks and hour to put on tires did not help them one bit. You know how I am earning my Pension? Getting shot at for 20 years for the first 50% and putting my own money in a 401K for the rest. Hard work! Self Reliance.
July 7th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
“If he made it so hard on the middle class why is it that we had the strongest and wealthiest middle class during and after his Presidency?
Reagan was renowned for his tax cuts. They were responsible for the surplus that Clinton enjoyed in the same because more money was being spent and made by the middle class.”
LMAO trying to paint Ronald Reagan in a better light funny too funny. That surplus was made AFTER Bill Clinton left office also the 21 million jobs. Reagan gave tax cuts to the wealthy only which crumbled the jobs of the 80s 1982-1989. Unless you’re missing something George H.W Bush was after Reagen for 1989-1990.
July 7th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
My mistake George H.W. Bush was from 1989-1993 but was not elected after his first and only term.
August 13th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Ronald Regan was a far greater patriot and leader than most people gave him credit for. The liberal collectivists even then vilified him. He also made mistakes as any president does. These men are human too. Only in the light of history has his courage came through. Was he one of our greatest presidents? I will leave that to you. I appears that Speaker Nancy Pelosi was very gracious to fellow Californian Nancy Regan. Why? Maybe simply human decency to a president’s widow, maybe for political reasons in her home state. Prehaps a combination of both reasons were the motivation for Speaker Pelosi.
However, with regard to the current debate over the Nationalization of Healthcare, this is not the case with the current collectivist liberal ruling class. (I fear that if they could vote themselves tittle of herditary nobility, they would!)If were were simply to have socialized medicine in this country that would be one thing. I would disagree with it and shake my fist at the TV when they came on to anounce it. I would say well prehaps some good may come of it yet! However, one must look at the retorical lies being put forth on both sides. Then futher we must look at the who’s who of President Obama’s administration, and see who designed the HR3200 bill, who will benifit from it, who will profit from it, and who will implement it. We must look at the backgrounds of such intellectual and accomplished men such as Ezekiel Emanuel M.D. PhD the health care bill architect, Professor Cass Sunstien the Chief of Regulatory Affairs, at the White House, and White House Buget Director Peter Orszag. Then look at some of their relatives and friends. Dr. Emanuel’s brother is the Intrepid Rham, President Obama’s Chief of Staff, and his other brother Ari, Michael “Sicko” Moore’s Hollywood Agent. Professor Sunstein is a friend of president Obama’s and Professor Sunstein’s close friend is well known Population Control Expert/Animal Rights Activist Peter Singer. Last we have Dr. John Holdren, President Obama’s National Science Advisor and another noted Population Control Expert. Dr. Holdren also has been labeled or “libeled” as a Dr. Strangelove type charactor by some unkind individuals. Some see a common threat running though the background of all these gentlemen. These threats are Population Control, Cost Benifit Analysis of Social Justice in Medicine, Eugienics and advocation of Euthanasia. I suggest that everyone research the backgrounds and writings of these key individuals in the National Healthcare debate. You may find a very disturbing picture unfold in your mind. However, in some quarters these learned men have had lies told about them. Just as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (God bless her she can dish it out too!) is often misaligned, so are these well intending men. Lastly, I think good men sometimes do terrible things. These are the unintended consequences of good intentions. FOR THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS!