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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the presidential library and burial site of Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States (1981–1989), and his wife Nancy Reagan. Located in Simi Valley, California , the library is administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Reagan attended the funeral of Lady Bird Johnson in Austin, Texas, on July 14, 2007, [184] and three days later accepted the highest Polish distinction, the Order of the White Eagle, on behalf of Ronald Reagan at the Reagan Library. The Reagan Library opened the temporary exhibit "Nancy Reagan: A First Lady's Style", which displayed over eighty ...
For more than 20 years, it was the vacation home of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. The 688-acre (278 ha) ranch's Spanish name translates to Sky's Ranch or Heaven's Ranch in English. In 1974, Reagan's family purchased the ranch, and he himself frequented the ranch throughout his presidency.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs in Simi Valley [9]; Ronald Reagan California Republican Center, Burbank, California (headquarters of the California State Republican Party, renamed in 1996) [9]
Ronald and Nancy Reagan celebrating his gubernatorial election victory, November 1966. In January 1966, Reagan announced his candidacy for the California governorship, [95] repeating his stances on individual freedom and big government. [96] When he met with black Republicans in March, [97] he was criticized for opposing the Civil Rights Act of ...
Nancy Reagan leans her head on her husband's casket at his presidential library. On June 7, Reagan's body was removed from the funeral home and driven in a 20-mile-per-hour (32 km/h) [14] motorcade, by hearse, to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. [15]
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan made the diaries available to be transcribed in 2005, and the Reagan Library Foundation partnered with HarperCollins to print them in 2007. [5] The company paid seven figures for the world publication rights.
Reagan speaking at a "Just Say No" rally in Los Angeles, in 1987 "Just Say No" was an advertising campaign prevalent during the 1980s and early 1990s as a part of the U.S.-led war on drugs, aiming to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying no.