Ronald Reagan will have been 100 years old on February 6th 2011. His life will be featured in a video homage before the Super Bowl, a tribute that demonstrates the Nations desire for someone that can lead us out of these turbulent times. on his 100th Birthday Reagan is more beloved than ever and more than deserving of the highest appreciation that the sports-crazed country can deliver.
Thirty years after taking office, Ronald Reagan has recaptured the public imagination. Bookstores place his biography in their windows, universities give lectures about his politics and Americans throughout the country are planning parties to celebrate his 100th birthday.
James Baker III, Reagan's chief of staff and secretary of the treasury, recalls that Reagan restored America's pride. "You had a restoration of the country's pride and confidence in itself. You had peace. What more could you ask for," he said.
Reagan has found his place in history as a man who stood for a healthy economy and family values. He died at the age of 93, June 5, 2004 at his home in California, having spent his final years out of the public eye.
When he died, thousands waited in line for many hours to pay tribute to him at the US Capitol and at his Presidential library in California. His funeral was by all accounts the largest and most elaberate funeral for a former President in decades if not ever.
Even US President Barack Obama, recently took a biography of Ronald Reagan on his vacation. "No matter what political disagreements you may have had with President Reagan, there is no denying his leadership in the world," Obama said.
Under his leadership, guided by strong conservative principles, Reagan guided America’s return to prosperity and the fall of the Soviet Union. Reagan exhibited the classical virtues of courage, prudence, justice, and wisdom. When Reagan left office, he assured Americans that together they had made a difference. They had made America that ‘shining city on a hill’ stronger and freer and had left her in good hands.
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