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  • President Ronald Reagan Inaugural Address January 20th, 1981

    01/20/2006 6:47:47 PM PST · by mdittmar · 8 replies · 357+ views
    January 20th, 1981 | President Ronald Reagan
    (click to watch) Senator Hatfield, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr.President, Vice President Bush, Vice President Mondale, Senator Baker, Speaker O'Neill, Reverend Moomaw, and my fellow citizens: To a few of us here today this is a solemn and most momentous occasion, and yet in the history of our nation it is a commonplace occurrence. The orderly transfer of authority as called for in the Constitution routinely takes place, as it has for almost two centuries, and few of us stop to think how unique we really are. In the eyes of many in the world, this every 4-year ceremony we accept...
  • The Gipper and the fiery gospel (one last Reagan tribute)

    07/22/2004 9:44:43 AM PDT · by Mr. Silverback · 12 replies · 402+ views
    Freeport Ink | 17 June 04 | Me
    I smiled when “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” was played at recent ceremonies honoring Ronald Reagan. After all, he was the second President from Illinois to free slaves. The line that sticks with me is “I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnish`d rows of steel.” The steel Julia Ward Howe referred to was soldiers’ rifles, but it could just as well refer to all the hardware Reagan deployed in the largest military buildup since World War II. The steel was modern, but the fire was straight from Thomas Jefferson, who wrote, “[T]he flames kindled on the 4th...