Simi Valley, CA – Former first lady Nancy Reagan has laid flowers at President Ronald Reagan’s California grave to commemorate the eight anniversary of his death.
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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation released a photo Tuesday of Mrs. Reagan sitting in a chair at the memorial in Simi Valley.
Ronald Reagan died in 2004 after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He is buried at the site of the presidential library that bears his name.
The Republican beat incumbent President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election and served two terms.
We miss you Ronald Reagan – you were the greatest President ever !!!
He possessed the best combination of character traits.
Old-fashioned values, friendliness and a sense of humor.
I’m always proud to be a (Jewish) American, but I was the proudest (so far) during his presidency.
Ahhhh, for the good ol’ days…
Do not forget Bittburg!!
To #2 - Enlightened Yid- You forgot to mention that on May 6, 1985, President Ronald Reagan walked through the German military cemetery at Bitburg, Germany, with General Johannes Von Steinhoff (formerly of the Luftwaffe), Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and our own General Mathew Ridgeway, to honor the German soldiers buried there. Reagan did this in spite of the fact that it was brought to his attention weeks before, that there were SS troops buried there. Reagan’s response was that “the SS troops buried at Bitburg were also victims of Nazism, as were the concentration camp inmates”. In lieu of that horrible comparison, I can’t see how so many Yidden still glorify him. Whereas a number of both Jewish and non-Jewish organizations urged Reagan to cancel the trip to Bitburg, he was urged to ignore the protests by both Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon. Instead, Reagan should have visited the graves of anti-Nazi leaders such as Count Von Staffenberg, and others.