Wednesday, February 06, 2013

102 years ago today: Reagan born in Tampico, Illinois

On this day 102 years ago the greatest president of the 20th century was born on Main Street in tiny Tampico, Illinois.

From 10am until 4pm the gracious folks in the Whiteside County community will hold their annual birthday party for "Dutch."

Over in California--at 11:30am (Pacific)--there will be another birthday celebration at the Reagan Presidential Library--you can join in by viewing the live webcast. The keynote speaker will be Rudy Giuliani.

Back to the Midwest: You can "Win one for the Gipper" by joining the effort to save the only Chicago home of of the only president born in Illinois.

Related posts:
Technorati tags:   

Letters from the Desk of Ronald Reagan: Letters from the Desk of Ronal (Google Affiliate Ad)

No comments:

Post a Comment