What I will forever remember is the out pouring of grief and respect by regular American people shown to President Reagan and how the major media just didn’t get it all of them they were just ‘shell shocked’ by it! It was one of the first times I think I can remember the media demostrating just how out of touch with the American people they were. How do you report on something you can even begin to understand? It was like if an alien (The out of spce kind not the wade across the border kind.) had land on the Washington Mall and made a speech in its native tongue which no one on earth knew how to translate and then they tried to report on it what the speech was about.
It didn't end there. Even the migrant workers stepped out of the fields in California and lined the roads to pay their respect on the final leg of the journey of the casket to the Reagan Library. I expect to be in California for a family wedding in a month and will make it a point to go to the library.
I remember coming home from work, turning on the news, and just standing in my living room and crying. And I'm not one to cry. I cried through his funeral. In May 2006 we visited the Reagan Presidential Library, and I stood by his grave and cried some more. If you ever get a chance to visit his library, it's well worth the trip.