~~~~~IN MEMORY OF PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN~~~~~
Rest In Peace
AMERICA SAYS GOOD-BYE TO PRESIDENT REAGAN JUNE 11, 2004
¶ In a final, majestic hail to the chief on Friday, June 11, 2004, the people of the UNITED STATES and the world bade a lingering goodbye to PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN first at a service at the Washington [DC] National Cathedral and finally at the Ronald Reagan Presidenial Library in Simi Valley, California.
¶ "HE IS HOME NOW. HE IS FREE," Ron Reagan said in his father's eulogy at the burial service.
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A NATION MOURNS - BIDS FAREWELL
Military Honor Guard At
Casket Of President Reagan
¶ ON GOVERNMENT: "Government is not the solution, it's the problem." Inaugural address, January 20, 1981
¶ ON THE USSR: "If you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate .. open this gate ... tear down this wall." In Berlin, Remarks addresed to Soviet leader Mikhall Gorbachev (who attended the Washington service ).
¶ ON BERUIT: "Sending the marines to Beruit was the source of my greatest regret and my greatest sorrow." About the Lebanon bombing that killed 241 servicemen in 1983.
¶ ON IRAN-CONTRA: "A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that is true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not." Speech, March 4, 1987
¶ ON BEING SHOT: "Honey, I forgot to duck." To Nancy Regan in the emergency room after being shot by would-be assssin John Hinckley, Jr. March 1981
¶ Ronald Reagan appeared in more than 50 films over two decades in California before gradually turning to politics.
¶ His best known role is as "the Gipper" in "Knute Rcknee: All American".
1937
Love Is In The Air
Submarine D-I
1938
Sergeant Murphy
Swing Your Lady
Hollywood Hotel
Accidents Will Happen
Cowboy From Brooklyn
Boy Meets Girl
Girls On Probation
Brother Rat
Going Places
1939
Secret Service of The Air
Dark Victory
Code of The Secret Service
Naughty But Nice
Hell's Kitchen
Angel Wash Their Faces
Smashing The Money Ring
1940
Brother Rat and A Baby
An Angel From Texas
Murder In The Air
Knute-Rockne: All-American
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Sante Fe Trail
1941
The Bad Man
Million Dollar Baby
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
International Squadron
1942
King's Row
Juke Girl
Desparate Journey
1943
This Is The Army
1947
Stallion Road
That Hagen Girl
The Voice Of The Turtle
1949
John Loves Mary
Night Unto Night
The Girl From Jones Beach
It's A Great Feeling
1950
The Hasty Heart
Louisa
1951
Storm Warning
Bedtime For Bonzo
The Last Outpost
1952
Hong Kong
The Winning Team
She's Working Her Way Through College
1953
Tropic Zone
Law And Order
1954
Prisoner of War
Cattle Queen of Montana
1955
Tennessee's Partner
1957
Hellcats of the Navy
1964
The Killers