Ronald Reagan's visit to Childhood Home in Dixon, IL 1983
The exceptionally popular Ronald Reagan returns to Dixon, Illinois for the dedication of his childhood home. A young Kelly Eckerman was just starting her career at WQAD-TV and is now a lead anchor in KMBC-TV, Kansas City. I shot and edited this as my last story at that station. It was very cold, very windy and miserable that day, but people came out anyway for this very historic event.
Reagan Home In Dixon
A video tour of the Reagan boyhood home in Dixon Illinois. Reagan's parents never owned a home in town and had rented four different houses while they stayed in town. The video includes views of the family areas as well as the bedrooms upstairs, and a nice view of the outside which includes the Reagan statue. A very nice docent led the tour but the way I made this video sometimes truncates his commentary.
Ronald Reagan's Hometown Celebrates His 100th Birthday
Though he gained prominence as an actor in Hollywood and later as President of the United States, the people of Dixon, Illinois, remember Ronald Reagan as a hometown hero who saved the lives of 77 people while working as a lifeguard. The town is honoring Reagan's 100th birthday this year, with a year-long celebration. The 40th President's hometown was never very far from his heart.
Bill Brady Campaign Rally in Dixon, Illinois (Ronald Reagan's Hometown)
October 4, 2010. Dixon, Illinois, Ronald Reagan's hometown, host a campaign rally for Illinois State Senator Bill Brady whose is the Republican nominee to be the next Governor of the State of Illinois.
Ronald Reagan | Transformation From 1 To 88 Years Old
Birthday: February 6, 1911
Nationality: American
Famous: Quotes By Ronald Reagan Presidents
Also Known As: Ronald Wilson Reagan
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died At Age: 93
Born In: Tampico
Famous As: 40th President Of The United States
Political Ideology: Democratic (1962), Republican (1962–2004)
Spouse/Ex-: Jane Wyman (1940–1949), Nancy Davis (1952–2004)
Father: Jack Reagan
Mother: Nelle (Wilson) Reagan
Siblings: Neil (1908–1996)
Children: Christine Reagan, Maureen Reagan, Michael Reagan (Adopted), Patti Davis, Ron Reagan
Religion: Disciples Of Christ Later Presbyterian
Died On: June 5, 2004
Place Of Death: Bel-Air
City, States, Provinces & Districts: Illinois
Ideology: Republicans
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Turn the pages of history in the American politics and you are sure to find a name that changed the political and economic condition of the country for a glorious future. Ronald Reagan served as the 33rd Governor of California, an office which he served for two consecutive terms before being appointed as the 40th President of the United States of America in 1980, a position he held until January 1989. However, a peep into the life of this iconic personality leaves one perplexed watching the stark opposition between his early and later life. It is interesting to note that before taking a plunge into politics and pursuing a substantial career in the same, Reagan was in the field of entertainment and served as the radio sports announcer and later on as an actor. He even took to playing the host for several television series and held the chair of the President for Screen Actors Guild.
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Childhood & Early Life
Ronald Reagan was born to John Edward ‘Jack’ Reagan and Nellie Wilson Reagan in Tampico, Illinois. He had an elder brother Neil. Fondly called ‘Dutch’, thanks to his Dutchman-like appearance and haircut, the nickname stayed with him throughout youth.
He completed his preliminary education from Dixon High School post which he got a scholarship at Eureka College to study Economics and Sociology. While he was academically proficient, his performance as an athlete, swimmer and actor, won him the chair of the President of the student body.
Upon completing his graduation, he worked as a radio sports announcer in Iowa, after which he was hired by WHO radio. In 1937, a screen test with the Warner Brothers led to his signing a contract with the company.
In his three decades long Hollywood career, he acted in several movies. While initially he found himself roles in ‘B-films’, soon his performance was appreciated by audience and critics alike. His most iconic movies were ‘Knute Rockne, All American’ and ‘Kings Row’.
Meanwhile, he enlisted himself at the Army Enlisted Reserve in 1937 and was called for duty in 1942. Due to his near-sightedness, he was eligible for limited service in AAF. He soon was promoted to the position of First Lieutenant and later Captain. In 1945, he was called off active duty.
From 1947 until 1952 and in 1959, he served as the President of Screen Actors Guild. With small film offers, he took to television and served as the host for the show, General Electric Theatre. His final outing as a professional actor was as a host for the show, Death Valleys Days.
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Career
It was during his years as a television host that his ideology shifted from that of a liberal to a conservative. He entered into the political limelight in 1964 with his speech favouring Republican candidate Barry Goldwater.
In 1966, he ran for the first time for a government office, for the post of the Governor of California and eventually ended up winning the same by almost 1 million votes. He was re-elected for a second term in 1970, which he served until 1974.
Establishing himself as a Republican Party conservative candidate, he contested the 1980 presidential election. The result of the election was spell-binding, as he convincingly defeated Democratic President Jimmy Carter, gaining 51% of the popular votes.
He was sworn in as the President of the USA on January 20, 1981. In his inaugural speech, he called for a renewal of the nation and the government which he designated to be ‘the problem’ instead of being the ‘problem-solver’.
He narrowly escaped attempt to assassination on the 69th day of office, while he was moving out of the Washington Hilton Hotel.
During his term, he brought about numerous social, economic, domestic and international policies. He enhanced the military budget, reduced spending in certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps and federal education programs and de-regulated businesses. He brought an end to the price controls on domestic oils which led to an unhindered supply of energy in the 1980s, much unlike the 1970s.
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President Reagan’s Remarks at a Homecoming Birthday Celebration in Dixon on February 6, 1984
Full Title: President Reagan’s Remarks at a Homecoming Birthday Celebration in the Dixon High School Gym in Dixon, Illinois on February 6, 1984
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
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Production Date: 2/6/1984
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National Archives Identifier:5730544
President Reagan’s Radio Address to the Nation U.S. – Soviet Relations on January 8, 1983
Full Title: President Reagan’s Radio Address to the Nation U.S. – Soviet Relations from Camp David, Maryland on January 8, 1983
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
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Production Date: 1/8/1983
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National Archives Identifier:5730544
President Reagan's Remarks at a Meeting of the National Association of Home Builders - 5/16/83
President Reagan's Remarks at a Meeting of the National Association of Home Builders on May 16, 1983.
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President Ronald Reagan visit to St. Agatha High School
October 8, 1984
Rare footage of President Reagan 1992
Rare footage of President Reagan 1992 a t the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home in Dixon, Illinois
Landon Lecture | Ronald Reagan
Recorded: September 9, 1982
U.S. President
Governor of California
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. Most of his childhood was spent in Dixon, Illinois, a small town about 100 miles west of Chicago. Reagan won a scholarship to study at Eureka College near Peoria, Illinois and majored in economics. He was also drawn toward acting, but upon graduation in 1932 the only job available related to show business was as a local radio sportscaster. In 1933 he became a sportscaster for station WHO in Des Moines, Iowa.
In 1937 Reagan went to Hollywood and began an acting career that spanned more than 25 years. He played in more than 50 films and his first political activities were associated with his responsibilities as a union leader; Reagan was active in the Screen Actors Guild (the union for film actors), and was elected six times as its president. During 1942 to 1945, Reagan served in the United States Army Air Force.
Reagan emerged on the national political scene in 1964 when he made an impassioned television speech supporting the Republican presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater from Arizona. Although Goldwater lost the election, Reagan's speech brought recognition from Republicans around the country. He ran for governor of California in 1966, defeating Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, Sr., the incumbent Democrat, by almost a million votes. Reagan became the 33rd Governor of California.
During his first term Reagan temporarily stopped government hiring to slow the growth of the state workforce, but he also approved tax increases to balance the state budget. Reagan was elected to a second term in 1970. Governor Reagan worked with the Democratic majority in the state legislature to enact a major reform of the welfare system in 1971. The reform reduced the number of people receiving state aid while increasing the benefits for those who remained eligible. During his tenure as governor, Reagan chaired the Republican Governors Association from 1968 to 1969.
Ronald Reagan won the Republican Presidential nomination in 1980 and chose as his running mate former Texas Congressman and United Nations Ambassador George Bush. Voters troubled by inflation and by the year-long confinement of Americans in Iran swept the Republican ticket into office. Reagan won 489 electoral votes to 49 for President Jimmy Carter.
On January 20, 1981, Reagan took office. Only 69 days later he was shot by a would-be assassin, but quickly recovered and returned to duty. His grace and wit during the dangerous incident caused his popularity to soar.
Dealing skillfully with Congress, Reagan obtained legislation to stimulate economic growth, curb inflation, increase employment, and strengthen national defense. He embarked upon a course of cutting taxes and Government expenditures, refusing to deviate from it when the strengthening of defense forces led to a large deficit.
A renewal of national self-confidence by 1984 helped Reagan and Bush win a second term with an unprecedented number of electoral votes. Their victory turned away Democratic challengers Walter F. Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro.
In 1986 Reagan obtained an overhaul of the income tax code, which eliminated many deductions and exempted millions of people with low incomes. At the end of his administration, the Nation was enjoying its longest recorded period of peacetime prosperity without recession or depression.
In foreign policy, Reagan sought to achieve peace through strength. During his two terms he increased defense spending 35 percent, but sought to improve relations with the Soviet Union. In dramatic meetings with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, he negotiated a treaty that would eliminate intermediate-range nuclear missiles. Reagan declared war against international terrorism, sending American bombers against Libya after evidence came out that Libya was involved in an attack on American soldiers in a West Berlin nightclub.
By ordering naval escorts in the Persian Gulf, he maintained the free flow of oil during the Iran-Iraq war. In keeping with the Reagan Doctrine, he gave support to anti-Communist insurgencies in Central America, Asia, and Africa.
After retiring to California, Reagan remained politically visible and active, becoming a national and international spokesman. He published his autobiography, An American Life, in 1990 and opened the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California in 1991. In 1993 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In November 1994 Reagan announced that he had Alzheimer's disease, and he subsequently died of the illness in 2004.
President Reagan’s Arrival in Illinois with visits to Deerfield and Chicago on October 10, 1985
Full Title: President Reagan’s Arrival in Illinois with Cuts of his Speech at Sara Lee and his Press Statement on the Achille Lauro in Deerfield and Cuts of his visit to the Gordon Technical High School in Chicago on October 10, 1985
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
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Transcript:
Production Date: 10/10/1985
Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted
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Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
Phone: 800-410-8354, Fax: 805-577-4074, Email: reagan.library@nara.gov
National Archives Identifier:52852690
President Reagan's Photo Opportunities on March 12, 1986
Full Title: President Reagan's Photo Opportunities on March 12, 1986. President Reagan Meeting Members of The Press in Library, President Reagan Meeting with Ambassador Habib Special Envoy for Central America Prior to His Trip to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala in Oval Office, Cuts of President Reagan and Ambassador Habib for His Departure for Central America at C-9, President Reagan Meeting with Congressmen Hubbard of Kentucky, Flippo of Alabama, Rowland of Georgia and Tallon of South Carolina to Discuss Assistance to Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance in Oval Office on March 12, 1986
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Transcript: N/A
Production Date: 3/12/1986
Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted
Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted
Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
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National Archives Identifier:5730544
Dwight Eisenhower's boyhood home
This is a look at former President Dwight Eisenhower's boyhood home in Abilene, Kansas.
The Reagan Triumvirate
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker talks about the way he, Ed Meese and Mike Deaver split up responsibilities as President Reagan's three most influential staff members during the first term of the Reagan presidency.
Landon Lecture | Ronald Reagan - audio only
Recorded: September 9, 1982
U.S. President
Governor of California
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. Most of his childhood was spent in Dixon, Illinois, a small town about 100 miles west of Chicago. Reagan won a scholarship to study at Eureka College near Peoria, Illinois and majored in economics. He was also drawn toward acting, but upon graduation in 1932 the only job available related to show business was as a local radio sportscaster. In 1933 he became a sportscaster for station WHO in Des Moines, Iowa.
In 1937 Reagan went to Hollywood and began an acting career that spanned more than 25 years. He played in more than 50 films and his first political activities were associated with his responsibilities as a union leader; Reagan was active in the Screen Actors Guild (the union for film actors), and was elected six times as its president. During 1942 to 1945, Reagan served in the United States Army Air Force.
Reagan emerged on the national political scene in 1964 when he made an impassioned television speech supporting the Republican presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater from Arizona. Although Goldwater lost the election, Reagan's speech brought recognition from Republicans around the country. He ran for governor of California in 1966, defeating Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, Sr., the incumbent Democrat, by almost a million votes. Reagan became the 33rd Governor of California.
During his first term Reagan temporarily stopped government hiring to slow the growth of the state workforce, but he also approved tax increases to balance the state budget. Reagan was elected to a second term in 1970. Governor Reagan worked with the Democratic majority in the state legislature to enact a major reform of the welfare system in 1971. The reform reduced the number of people receiving state aid while increasing the benefits for those who remained eligible. During his tenure as governor, Reagan chaired the Republican Governors Association from 1968 to 1969.
Ronald Reagan won the Republican Presidential nomination in 1980 and chose as his running mate former Texas Congressman and United Nations Ambassador George Bush. Voters troubled by inflation and by the year-long confinement of Americans in Iran swept the Republican ticket into office. Reagan won 489 electoral votes to 49 for President Jimmy Carter.
On January 20, 1981, Reagan took office. Only 69 days later he was shot by a would-be assassin, but quickly recovered and returned to duty. His grace and wit during the dangerous incident caused his popularity to soar.
Dealing skillfully with Congress, Reagan obtained legislation to stimulate economic growth, curb inflation, increase employment, and strengthen national defense. He embarked upon a course of cutting taxes and Government expenditures, refusing to deviate from it when the strengthening of defense forces led to a large deficit.
A renewal of national self-confidence by 1984 helped Reagan and Bush win a second term with an unprecedented number of electoral votes. Their victory turned away Democratic challengers Walter F. Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro.
In 1986 Reagan obtained an overhaul of the income tax code, which eliminated many deductions and exempted millions of people with low incomes. At the end of his administration, the Nation was enjoying its longest recorded period of peacetime prosperity without recession or depression.
In foreign policy, Reagan sought to achieve peace through strength. During his two terms he increased defense spending 35 percent, but sought to improve relations with the Soviet Union. In dramatic meetings with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, he negotiated a treaty that would eliminate intermediate-range nuclear missiles. Reagan declared war against international terrorism, sending American bombers against Libya after evidence came out that Libya was involved in an attack on American soldiers in a West Berlin nightclub.
By ordering naval escorts in the Persian Gulf, he maintained the free flow of oil during the Iran-Iraq war. In keeping with the Reagan Doctrine, he gave support to anti-Communist insurgencies in Central America, Asia, and Africa.
After retiring to California, Reagan remained politically visible and active, becoming a national and international spokesman. He published his autobiography, An American Life, in 1990 and opened the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California in 1991. In 1993 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In November 1994 Reagan announced that he had Alzheimer's disease, and he subsequently died of the illness in 2004.
University Plans To Demolish Ronald Reagan's Chicago Apartment
Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan spent much of his life in California, but residents in the Midwestern state of Illinois note proudly that he was born and raised there. He spent a brief period of his childhood in Hyde Park, on the South Side of Chicago, which is also President Barack Obama's old neighborhood. As VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports, a debate is under way about the historic importance of Reagan's old home, which faces the wrecking ball to make way for an expansion of the University of Chicago's medical campus.
My family at the Ronald Reagan Library
Me, my family and relatives at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California! We're all here! My grandpa's here aswell! The song is Snorkeling Cactus Weasels xD
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Simi Valley CA 93065 Wood Ranch Jeffrey Diamond Realtor
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Simi Valley CA 93065 Wood Ranch goat fire brush clearing in Ventura County
City Club Presents Michael Deaver
Former aide to Governor and President Ronald Reagan aide reflects on his 30 years with the Gipper as he reads from his memoir A Different Drummer. Series: City Club Presents [5/2001] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 5661]