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There he goes again: Fans ride herd for Reagan memorial in every county
bostonHerald.com ^ | June 3, 2005 | Andrew Miga

Posted on 06/03/2005 5:57:08 PM PDT by Boston Blackie

WASHINGTON - As the first anniversary of Ronald Reagan's death approaches, backers are pushing to keep the former president's name alive across the nation - immortalized on schools, parks, coins and even Mount Rushmore.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anniversary; mountrushmore; ronaldreagan

1 posted on 06/03/2005 5:57:08 PM PDT by Boston Blackie
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To: Boston Blackie

I think either the Mt. Rushmore idea, which the liberals would fight tooth and nail, or the $10 bill, are the best ideas. God bless the Gipper.


2 posted on 06/03/2005 6:01:48 PM PDT by Minuteman23
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To: Boston Blackie

I'd like to see President Reagan on the $10 and on Mt. Rushmore. He deserves nothing less


3 posted on 06/03/2005 6:03:56 PM PDT by marblehead17 (I love it when a plan comes together.)
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To: marblehead17; Minuteman23; Boston Blackie

I still like the idea of RWR on the $20. Every ATM hit in the land would honor him.


4 posted on 06/03/2005 6:15:55 PM PDT by Old Sarge (In for a penny, in for a pound, saddlin' up and Baghdad-bound!)
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To: marblehead17

I still see in my mind the photo of the guy standing atop his green pickup truck holding his hat over his heart as the motorcade went by. I still cry over it.


5 posted on 06/03/2005 6:16:31 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Lizavetta

I remember the teen running alongside the hearse with a large american flag. What a day that was.


6 posted on 06/03/2005 6:20:44 PM PDT by skeeter ("What's to talk about? It's illegal." S Bono)
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To: Minuteman23

God's gift to America. Thank you Lord!


7 posted on 06/03/2005 6:22:48 PM PDT by MrLee
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To: Boston Blackie

Is there enough space and structural stability on Mount Rushmore to carve Ronald Reagan's image there?


8 posted on 06/03/2005 6:22:53 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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To: Minuteman23

I can't wait to see Reagan on the Ruble!

Go Orange!


9 posted on 06/03/2005 6:24:25 PM PDT by spanalot
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To: MrLee
God's gift to America. Thank you Lord!

Amen. And since his presidency, not one of our national leaders has come anywhere near his stature.

10 posted on 06/03/2005 6:25:17 PM PDT by Minuteman23
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To: spanalot
I can't wait to see Reagan on the Ruble!

LOL! Not that he doesn't deserve it.

11 posted on 06/03/2005 6:28:07 PM PDT by Minuteman23
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To: Old Sarge
Every ATM hit in the land would honor him.

Good point. It gives the $20 an advantage over the $10.

12 posted on 06/03/2005 6:29:37 PM PDT by Minuteman23
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To: Boston Blackie
I don't think President Reagan would want any of this.

His humility was something special and far exceeded those who serve in any office today.

He did not have an ego.

I doubt he would like the idea of being immortalized in monument.

13 posted on 06/03/2005 6:39:54 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: Minuteman23

The $10 means Hamilton gets the boot and the $20 Jackson. The $10 has the Treasury Dept building on the back and the $20 has the White House.


14 posted on 06/03/2005 6:52:32 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Sonny M

His humility is precisely why he deserves to be carved on a mountain


15 posted on 06/03/2005 7:14:06 PM PDT by CyberSpartacus
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To: CyberSpartacus
His humility is precisely why he deserves to be carved on a mountain

Your right.

But I want to follow his beliefs, he deserves alot more then what we want, but he was open about what he belived.

I will not be a part of anything that I think he himself would oppose, he is my idol, and his lack of an ego and humility makes it clear, he wanted his ideas and beliefs to last, not his name or memory.

It pains me, but I want to follow what he would have wanted, not me, but him, he deserves monuments, but unlike a certain senator, he didn't want them.

16 posted on 06/04/2005 12:53:25 AM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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