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Statue of Ronald Reagan unveiled in London
AP/WorldMag ^
| Jul 4, 9:10 AM EDT
Posted on 07/04/2011 6:38:44 AM PDT by quantim
LONDON (AP) -- Ronald Reagan was hailed as "a great American hero" Monday as his admirers unveiled a 10-foot-tall (3-meter-tall) statue of the former U.S. president near the American embassy in London.
Condoleezza Rice, national security adviser and secretary of state in President George W. Bush's administration, joined British Foreign Secretary William Hague at the morning ceremony in Grosvenor Square.
"Statues bring us to face to face with our heroes long after they are gone," Hague said "Ronald Reagan is without question a great American hero; one of America's finest sons, and a giant of 20th-century history. You may be sure that the people of London will take this statue to their hearts."
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: condi; condirice; reagan
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posted on
07/04/2011 6:38:47 AM PDT
by
quantim
To: quantim
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posted on
07/04/2011 6:54:23 AM PDT
by
Liz
( A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
To: quantim
Was Mrs Thatcher able to attend?
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posted on
07/04/2011 6:58:51 AM PDT
by
kalee
(The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: quantim
I was hoping the Lady Thatcher would be able to be there in person but, alas, she was not.
ML/NJ
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posted on
07/04/2011 7:00:41 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: All
The 10 foot bronze of Mr Reagan will be positioned on a pedestal close to the American Embassy in London, and stand alongside two other 20th Century US leaders, Dwight Eisenhower and Franklin D Roosevelt. The US Embassy is moving to a new location next year, but the statues will remain in Mayfair.
To be created by Chas Fagan, who created Mr Reagan's likeness in the US Congress' Capitol Rotunda.
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posted on
07/04/2011 7:01:46 AM PDT
by
Liz
( A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
To: Liz
The USS Ronald Reagan would be appropriate today too.
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posted on
07/04/2011 7:05:15 AM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: quantim
Beautiful---thanks.
USS Ronald Reagan.
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posted on
07/04/2011 7:08:42 AM PDT
by
Liz
( A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
To: quantim
Here’s a man who’s scoffed at and hated in his own country. I can always get into a really heated argument by saying that Reagan was a great President.
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posted on
07/04/2011 7:10:17 AM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Democrats = authoritarian socialists)
To: quantim
It is great to see that the Brits know a hero when they see one. We should do the same here.
I bet Obama and company are squirming.
God bless Ronald Reagan.
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posted on
07/04/2011 7:13:30 AM PDT
by
PDGearhead
(Obama's lack of citizenship)
To: All
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posted on
07/04/2011 7:14:00 AM PDT
by
Liz
( A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
To: PDGearhead
When do we begin construction of the Reagan Monument on the National Mall?
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posted on
07/04/2011 7:19:04 AM PDT
by
I-ambush
(I didn't think, I never dreamed, that I would be around to see it all come true-McCartney and Wings)
To: quantim
Both of them: there with Churchill as statesmen and heroes.
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posted on
07/04/2011 7:28:47 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(To ACLU & its plaintiffs: Stop dragging the public into your personal struggle w/ God. -Mark Baisley)
To: I-ambush
Reagan gets a statue. Obama gives back a bust of Churchill.
That’s really all Americans need to know for 2012,
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posted on
07/04/2011 7:28:51 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Save the planet, destroy the MSM)
To: I-ambush
We should have begun the construction yesterday.
Ron Reagan was one of the best!
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posted on
07/04/2011 8:03:51 AM PDT
by
PDGearhead
(Obama's lack of citizenship)
To: kalee
Was Mrs Thatcher able to attend?
From the story:
Hague also brought a message from former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Reagan's staunch ally, whose frail health has made her public appearances very rare.
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posted on
07/04/2011 8:53:25 AM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(If found, please return this Ring of Power to Sauron, Lord of Darkness. Return postage guaranteed.)
To: Cheburashka
I admit I did not go to the site to read the whole article, I have too many screens open following something else.
I had read earlier that she might be present and hoped she would be.
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posted on
07/04/2011 8:58:52 AM PDT
by
kalee
(The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: Liz
FDR and Ike...good grief neither deserve a statue...only Ronald Reagan...Ike killed 1.7 million German Soldiers while in camps after WWII. They were starved to death on purpose. Patton tried to stop it and he died mysteriously.
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posted on
07/04/2011 9:02:40 AM PDT
by
shield
(Rev 2:9 "Woe unto those who say they are Judah and are not, but are of the synaGOGue of Satan.")
To: popdonnelly
Here’s a man who’s scoffed at and hated in his own country. I can always get into a really heated argument by saying that Reagan was a great President.
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He is also hated in the UK by the same folks that still hate Maggie.
Two recent posts from a Northern (the very socialist part) UK forum -
What's all the fuss about?
Some busibody decided to erect a bronze statue to a bit part American actor.
He only ever took part in ‘B’ films & never was any good.
He was in the John Wayne mould; just stood there & said his lined (sic).
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Sir Ronald Reagan, President
worth more dead, that's evident
He had Chimp and quarter-horse as co-stars in film
we shall see what pigeons make of him.
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posted on
07/04/2011 9:03:16 AM PDT
by
az_gila
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