Posted on 09/17/2005 12:54:50 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Ronald Reagan has an airport, an aircraft carrier and buildings around the nation named for him, but his admirers aren't through. As the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the Reagan Revolution approaches, Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., is proposing legislation to put the late president on the $50 bill.
"Not all of America uses Ronald Reagan airport, but all of America uses our currency," Kline said. "We have used currency to commemorate great leaders in our past. It seemed to me this was a good way to do it."
But Rep. Jim Oberstar, D.-Minn., calls Kline's proposal "a fatuous idea."
"We could, as I proposed during the debate about adding 'Reagan' to Washington National Airport, name the unnamed Bureau of the Public Debt for Ronald Reagan," Oberstar said, because Reagan did more to expand the national debt than any previous president.
Kline's connection
Honoring Reagan is personal for Kline. During Reagan's presidency, he carried the nuclear "football," a briefcase containing nuclear launch codes that follows the president almost everywhere.
The faces on Federal Reserve notes haven't changed since they were standardized in 1929.
The current $50 bill honoree, Ulysses S. Grant, was plagued by scandal during his presidency. He is best known for his role as chief Union general in the Civil War. But Grant scholar Marie Kelsey of the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth says Grant's reputation has stood the test of time, while Reagan is benefiting from an outpouring of nostalgia in the aftermath of his 2004 death.
"Grant is really, in my opinion, a far more important person than Reagan, considering that he saved the Union," said Kelsey, who has written a Grant bibliography due out at the end of the month.
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So how many Americans actually use a $50 bill?? I rarely see them.
There's also a U.S. Post Office building in Billings, Montana (710 Wicks Lane - Billings Heights), renamed in Ronald Reagan's honor last year.
Why not a $200 bill?
Alabama
Ronald Reagan Spirit of America Field
Decatur, AL [2004]
Formerly named Spirit of America Field. Ronald Reagan visited the field on July 4, 1984.
Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway [2004]
Portion of Interstate Highway 65 that runs between Birmingham and Decatur.
Arizona
Ronald Reagan Road
Kingman, AZ 86401
The Ronald Reagan Fundamental School
3200 West 16th St.
Yuma, AZ 85364 [1984]
California
Ronald Reagan Elementary School
10800 Rosslyn Lane
Bakersfield, CA 93311 [1998]
Ronald Reagan California Republican Center
1903 S. Magnolia Bl.
Burbank, CA 91506 [renamed 1996]
Headquarters of the California State Republican Party. Its former name was simply “California Republican Party Headquarters.”
Ronald Reagan Community Center
195 East Douglas Avenue
El Cajon, CA 92020 [2004]
Formerly named the El Cajon Community Center.
Ronald Reagan Building
State of California
300 S. Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013 [1990]
The “Ronald Reagan State Office Building.”
Reagan Room
The Jonathan Club
545 South Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071 [dedicated 2001]
Ronald Reagan was an honorary member of the Jonathan Club. The room was formerly named the Renaissance Room.
Ronald Reagan Distinguished American Award [1991]
Presented annually by The Jonathan Club, Los Angeles (see previous entry).
Reagan Center
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles center of Childhelp USA.
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA [dedicated 2000; scheduled to open in 2005]
Ronald Reagan Professor, School of Public Policy
Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263 [1999]
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
North Island Naval Air Station
San Diego, CA [christened 2001; launched 2004]
Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Assembled at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, VA. Commissioned July 12, 2003. Arrived at its home port on July 23, 2004.
Ronald Reagan Room [2004]
USS Ronald Reagan [see previous entry]
A museum featuring Ronald Reagan movie posters, a video presentation, and a piece of the Berlin Wall.
Ronald W. Reagan Federal Courthouse
411 West 4th St.
Santa Ana, CA 92701 [1999]
The Reagan Ranch Center
217 State St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 [1998]
Affiliated with the Young America’s Foundation, current owners of Rancho del Cielo (Ronald Reagan’s former ranch near Santa Barbara).
Reagan Room
Fess Parker’s Doubletree Hotel
633 E. Cabrillo Blvd.
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
40 Presidential Drive
Simi Valley, CA 93065
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs
40 Presidential Drive
Simi Valley, CA 93065 [dedicated 1991]
The Ronald Reagan Library is a unit of the National Archives and Records Administration, a Federal agency. The building is also home to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation (see previous entry).
Ronald Reagan Freedom Award [1992]
Annual award presented by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, to those “who have made monumental and lasting contributions to the cause of freedom….who [embody] President Reagan’s lifelong belief that one man or woman truly can make a difference.”
Simi Valley – “Home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library” [2004]
Motto officially used by the city that is home to the Reagan Presidential Library.
Reagan Road
Sylmar, CA [2004]
Near Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. Reagan’s mother was a voluteer at this hospital for 15 years, and his son Michael is a member of the hospital’s advisory board. Formely named Bledsoe Street.
Ronald Reagan Presidential Suite
Westlake Village Inn
31943 Agoura Road
Westlake Village, CA 91362 [2000]
Hotel is located about 15 miles from the Ronald Reagan Library.
Ronald Reagan Freeway [renamed 1994]
State Route 118; runs close to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Formerly named the Simi Valley-San Fernando Valley Freeway.
Colorado
Ronald Reagan Highway [2001]
Interstate Highway 25 through El Paso County (county which includes Colorado Springs).
District of Columbia [including metropolitan Washington, DC area]
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20004 [named 1995; dedicated 1998]
Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy
The Heritage Foundation
Washington, DC
Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine
George Washington University Hospital
Washington, DC 20037 [1991]
Located at the hospital to which Ronald Reagan was taken immediately after the March 30, 1981 assassination attempt on him. Dedicated by Reagan at the tenth anniversary of the assassination attempt.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Arlington, VA [renamed 1998]
Formerly named Washington National Airport. Located just south of Washington, DC.
The Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican Center
National Republican Senatorial Committee
425 Second St. NE
Washington, DC 20002-4914
Florida
Ronald Reagan Avenue
Miami, FL
Formerly named Southwest Avenue.
Ronald Reagan Parkway
Hillsborough County [2004]
Ronald Reagan Boulevard
Seminole County
State Route 427.
Ronald W. Reagan Post Office Building
2305 Milton Road
West Melbourne, FL 32904-9998 [2000]
Ronald Reagan Turnpike [renamed 1998]
Formerly named Florida’s Turnpike. Runs 312 miles, from north-central Florida to south of Miami.
Georgia
Ronald Reagan Drive
Columbia County
Augusta, GA [2000]
Ronald Reagan Park
Lawrenceville, GA [2004]
Adjacent to the Ronald Reagan Parkway (see next entry).
Ronald Reagan Parkway
Gwinett County
Lawrenceville, GA
Idaho
Ronald Reagan Elementary School
3400 Southside Blvd.
Nampa, ID 83686 [2002]
Illinois
The Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Center
Alzheimer’s Association
225 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60601-7633 [1995]
Reagan Boyhood Home
816 S. Reagan Way
Dixon, IL 61021 [dedicated 1984]
Ronald Reagan lived in this house from during part of his childhood (1920-1924). It was named a National Historic Site in 2002.
Reagan Way
Dixon, IL [renamed 2002]
Street on which the Reagan Boyhood Home is located (see previous entry). Was formerly named Hennepin Way. Name was changed when the Reagan Boyhood Home was designated a National Historic Site.
Ronald W. Reagan Middle School
620 Division St.
Dixon, IL 61021 [renamed 1996]
Formerly named Madison School.
Reagan Drive
Eureka, IL [1979]
Runs along the southern edge of Eureka College, Reagan’s alma mater.
Reagan Physical Education Center
Eureka College
300 E. College Ave.
Eureka, IL 61530 [1961]
Originally dedicated as “The Reagan Center,” in honor of both Ronald Reagan and his brother Neil (Moon). Constructed to house all of Eureka College’s athletic facilities. Acquired its present name in 1970.
Ronald Reagan Peace Garden
Eureka College
Eureka, IL 61530 [2000]
Garden includes a piece of the former Berlin Wall.
Ronald W. Reagan Exhibit
Eureka College
Eureka, IL 61530 [1994]
A permanent museum exhibit covering Ronald Reagan’s entire life.
Ronald W. Reagan Leadership Program
Eureka College
Eureka, IL 61530 [established 1982; began with students in Fall 1983]
Birthplace of Ronald Reagan
111 S. Main St.
Tampico, IL 61283 [dedicated c. 1980]
Includes a museum and a gift shop, which are located next door to the building in which Reagan was born. Was named a National Historic Site in 2002.
Reagan Park
Tampico, IL [dedicated 1985]
Formerly Railroad Park.
Reagan Middle School
400 Galena Rd.
Tiskilwa, IL
Ronald Reagan Highway
U.S. Highway 14; runs from Chicago north to the Wisconsin state line.
Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway [2004]
Portion of Interstate Highway 88. Runs just south of Dixon, where the Reagan Boyhood Home is located.
Ronald W. Reagan Trail [2000]
Runs from Dixon, IL (location of the Reagan Boyhood Home), through Tampico (Reagan’s birthplace), to Eureka (home of Eureka College, which Ronald Reagan attended).
Indiana
Ronald Reagan Miracle Ranch on Sugar Creek
8521 East 1100 North
Markelville, IN 45046
An educational facility assisting children with disabilities.
Ronald Reagan Parkway
North-south road to the west of Indianapolis, currently under construction.
Iowa
Ronald Reagan Historical Marker
4th and Court Streets
Des Moines [1999]
The marker marks a site where Reagan lived while working for radio station WHO.
Louisiana
Ronald Reagan Highway [2004]
US Highway 190, for its entire length within Louisiana.
Mississippi
The Reagan Hope Home
Located on a ranch that is part of the Mississippi Sheriffs’ Boys’ and Girls’ Ranches.
Montana
Ronald Reagan Post Office
710 Wicks Lane
Billings, MT 59105 [2004]
Formerly named the Heights Post Office.
New Hampshire
Mount Reagan [2003]
Located in the state’s Presidential Range. Was formerly named Mount Clay.
New York
Ronald Reagan Boulevard
Warwick, NY
Ohio
Ronald Reagan Highway
Runs across the northern suburbs of Cincinnati.
Pennsylvania
Ronald Reagan Federal Building
228 Walnut St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101 [2004]
Ronald Reagan Drive
Richland Township, PA [2002]
Texas
The Reagan Leadership Society
389 MSC Student Finance Center
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843 [1997]
A society dedicated to building student leadership for the Texas A&M campus and the community at large. Its student founder named the society in recognition of Reagan’s “ability to communicate, his ability to inspire confidence, and his kind personality.”
Ronald Reagan High School
19000 Ronald Reagan
San Antonio, TX 78258 [2000]
Ronald Reagan Public Library
Ronald Reagan High School
19000 Ronald Reagan
San Antonio, TX 78258 [2000]
See previous entry.
International/Other
“Grenada Salutes Ronald Reagan, Leader of Freedom” Commemorative Stamp Collection
Grenada [1996]
Proceeds from sales go to the Ronald Reagan Scholarship Fund (see next entry).
The Ronald Reagan Scholarship Fund
Grenada [1996]
Fund is used to send students from Grenada to the United States for study.
Ronald Reagan Lounge
John O’Farrell’s Pub
Ballyporeen, Ireland
Located in the village from which Reagan’s father’s family came. President Reagan visited Ballyporeen in 1984.
US Army Kwajalein Atoll/Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site
Republic of the Marshall Islands [1999]
An area used by the United States as a missile range.
Ronald Reagan Square
Krakow, Poland [2004]
Formerly called Central Square.
Rondo Ronalda Reagana (Ronald Reagan Circle)
Tarnow, Poland [2000]
Traffic circle that connects Pope John Paul II Street with a street leading to the Church of the Blessed Caroline.
It took the People's Republic of Arlington County two years to change their public transportation signs. IIRC, it was done only under threat of litigation?
oh get out of here, they don't make bills that big
"Why not a $200 bill?"
One word: Counterfeiters.
And Reagan is important because he saved the planet.
How much stuff is name after Lincoln or Washington?
I don't like the idea of trashing old icons to make way for the new. Some day there'll be a $200 bill, probably within the next 50 years. Give Reagan that. His legacy is not going to fade or be forgotten, he will be standing even taller when the history books are written from a distance.
An unseemly rush - like that for the beatification of Mother Theresa - only seems to suggest that we doubt they're the real thing and that their achievements and reputations will stand the test of time.
After all, everything in West Virginia is named after the right honorable Robert KKK Byrd. The Robert KKK Byrd highway flows right through the Roberty KKK Byrd Tech Corridor, which, so far as I can tell, is about as technological as mountains and fog.
"How much stuff is named after Lincoln or Washington?"
A lot, but they were Lincoln and Washington.
;)
I bet this is only half as much stuff as Sheets Byrd has named after him in West Virginia.
Quick..who's buried in Grant's Tomb?
Should be the $20 bill. Then every time a lefty goes to an ATM we can watch them go into convulsions when they count their cash.
A. No One
Grant is interred there Not buried.
The 20 should be the one, exactly for the reasons PC stated!
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