Posted on 06/07/2004 4:49:24 PM PDT by BillyBoy
Bronze Statue of President Reagan at his boyhood home in Dixon, IL
God Bless Ronald Reagan bump!
Did you see my modest Illinois Reagan posts? I think I have all of them with the keyword "dutchreagan." LOLJ
BTTT
Great tribute great history great man
thanks for posting this
What a great thread, lots of info on Reagan's youth. Thanks for the ping
Ping!
Prairie
A fine posting , time well spent, I learned a lot. The highway shown in the last picture, not that it matters much, is in reality the cross county expressway in Cincinnati, where Reagan is equally revered.
Yes, thanks for posting those things on Reagan's history link to Illinois. It gave me the idea to do this thread. I'm very happy to see people are finally posting on my thread after I spent two days working on it and finally posted it this afternoon.
All freepers should visit in Illinois and learn what made young Dutch grow up to be Ronald the Great!
Thanks for the ping; lots I didn't know.
No disrespect to the Cali FReepers, but Reagan was an Illinois guy too.
Two months ago I was pleased to take my daughter to the birthplace of the greatest President of modern times.
Tampico, Illinois now posts a booming population of 400 - located about 10 miles southwest of the thriving metropolis of Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois. The museum is privately run by a very dedicated couple whose love for Dutch Reagan is very evident as they proudly give a personal tour with many personal anecdotes. If any Freepers find themselves in this heartland of Americana, I'd highly recommend the side-trip to Tampico (pronounced Tampaco - not Tampeeco {someone alert Bill O'Reilly as he thinks it's pronounced like the city in Mexico})
While his birthplace home is spartan by today's standards, it was far from poverty stricken for the times.
As an aside, the apartment didn't have indoor plumbing and believe it or not, while they don't know the exact location of the original Privey, the gentleman running the museum says that a group of interested archeology buffs (pardon the pun) have expressed the desire to begin researching and excavating to locate it! Guess they'd be looking for the first Presidential diapers.
Thank you BillyBoy for putting it together
This is a really nice thread- Good job!
Some photos here...
ILLINOIS REAGAN BUMP!!!!!!
Good job BillyBoy! Thanks for all your hard work.
You really did a lot of work Bill and it turned out great. Thanks and GOOD WORK!
EXCELLENT!!!!!
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