Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs is the presidential library and final resting place of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States and Nancy Reagan, the First Lady of the United States.
The library is located in Simi Valley, California. The Reagan Library is the largest of the thirteen federally operated presidential libraries.[1] The street address, 40 Presidential Drive, is numbered in honor of Reagan's place as the 40th president.
Construction plans for the library included to build a tomb for the eventual use of Reagan and Nancy. Following a sunset service on the library grounds the last evening, on the morning of June 12, 2004 Reagan was laid to rest in the underground vault.[2] Nancy Reagan, who died on March 6, 2016, was buried at the library next to her husband on March 11.[3]
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Media
Aerial view of the Reagan Library, 2021
Presidents and First Ladies dedicating the library: Lady Bird Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush
An F-14 Tomcat, representing one of the planes involved in the 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident on display in the library grounds
A large piece of the Berlin Wall located in the library grounds
Air Force One Pavilion collage
Reagan's casket lies in repose in the library lobby, June 7, 2004
The gravesite of Ronald and Nancy Reagan
Tsai and McCarthy at the library, 2023
References
- ↑ Hufbauer, B. (2008-12-01). "The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. Simi Valley, Calif". Journal of American History. 95 (3): 786–792. doi:10.2307/27694381. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 27694381.
- ↑ Dennis Welzenbach (7 June 2004). "Burial of a President - A Behind the Scenes Diary". Suhor Industries. Archived from the original on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ↑ Plott, Monte; Leopold, Todd (March 6, 2016). "Nancy Reagan dead at 94". CNN (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.). http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/06/politics/nancy-reagan-dies-obit/. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
Other websites
Media related to Ronald Reagan Presidential Library at Wikimedia Commons
- The Ronald Reagan Library Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library
- The Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
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