You should know that I have a soft spot for President Ronald
Wilson Reagan 40th President of the United States of America. Maybe
it’s because I have lived in a foreign country for the last year or perhaps it
is the sentimental attachment, but I spent the day in Simi Valley California swelled with pride
for my country and appreciation for what President Reagan accomplished.
You may recall from the stirring television coverage of the
funeral procession in Simi Valley the long and curving uphill climb to the
Presidential Library and Museum. From this elevation you will find the tale of
a man who climbed from meager beginnings in Dixon Illinois to the highest elected office in the land. It is only fitting for the man who
inspired millions for American to become a bright shining city on a hill.
The location is beautiful. The building is deceptively
larger on the inside than it looks on the outside. It is very California in
design.
I took the iTouch tour for an additional price and found it
was well worth the additional price. It’s packed full of great additional
information and you can take photos to send yourself in email.
Like the Lincoln Museum the President is a “rock star”. There are multimedia displays, detailed
records, and the crowds of fans pack the place on a Sunday afternoon.
Staff here manage crowds, repeat the same information dozens
of times each hour, and are amazingly friendly.
There were several times during my five-hour tour that I
“swelled with pride” (became a little weepy). The attempt on the life of the
President was moving. Especially to see the new navy suit he was wearing for
the first time that had been cut away by doctors and is now on display. The
speech by Former First Lady Nancy Reagan at the Republican National Convention
about the state of the President’s mind slipping into away due to Alzheimer’s.
And the most moving was the final resting place of the 40th
President looking over the valley’s of his great state of California.
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