MRC TV
6/5/2014
Reminiscing on Reagan excerpt from ‘The Great Communicator’ History.com
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Related: Why Reagan Lives on 10 Years After Death
On June 5, 2004, President Ronald Reagan died after battling Alzheimer’s disease. Ten years later, his legacy lives on through the conservative principles he espoused.
Reagan began his term in 1981, with the country in a deep economic crisis. Americans faced high unemployment, fallout from an energy crisis, stagnation, massive government spending, tax burden, a hollow military and Soviet threats.
But Reagan turned toward less government—not more…
Ronald Reagan in Dixon, Illinois in March 1976. Photo by Dennis Brack, Newscom
