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University of Kansas rhetoric and political communication professor Robert Rowland taught a class on President Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address. The University of Kansas is in…

President Ronald Reagan delivered his 1981 inaugural address from the U.S. Capitol West Front -- a first. He vowed to turn around the economic crisis and said, “Government is not the solution to our problem;…

On March 8, 1983, Ronald Reagan declared the Soviet Union an “Evil Empire” in a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals. The Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, D.C., convened…

First lady Jill Biden participated in the unveiling of former first lady Nancy Reagan’s postage stamp at the White House. She spoke about the late Mrs. Reagan’s grace and dedication to the role…

Larry Schweikart, professor of history at the University of Dayton, talked about six presidents - Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, JFK, Reagan, and Trump - who he says took on the…

American Forces Network (AFN-TV) presented coverage of President Reagan’s 1987 trip to West Berlin to mark the 750th birthday of the city. The broadcast begins by summarizing the Post-World War II…

Arthur Laffer, Steve Forbes, and Edwin Meese III, among others, looked back 40 years at President Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts and economic agenda. The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.…

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum marked its 30th anniversary in 2021 with speakers including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Archivist of the United States…

On the 100th anniversary of former first lady Nancy Reagan’s birth, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum hosted a tribute featuring, among others, former California Governor…

Former President Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan remembered the 40th president on the anniversary of his February 6, 1911, birth during a commemorative event at his presidential library in…

President Reagan implored the Soviets in a June 12, 1987, Berlin speech to “tear down this wall.” The Hoover Institution and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute hosted a…

Peggy Grande, who worked for former President Ronald Reagan after he left the White House and returned to California, talked about her book The President Will See You Now: My Stories and Lessons from…

Former Secretary of State James Baker talked about leadership and his career with attorney and historian Talmage Boston. Mr. Baker served as secretary of state for President George H.W. Bush, and…

University of Texas at Austin Professor Jeremi Suri taught an class about President Ronald Reagan and the end of the Cold War. He explored Reagan’s domestic politics as well as his working…

In May 1985, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Chris Wallace interviewed President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan at Camp David for a planned special report. White House Television…

Washington Post political columnist Karen Tumulty talked about The Triumph of Nancy Reagan, her biography of the former first lady. Ms. Tumulty discussed Mrs. Reagan’s role as political…

The BBC’s Godfrey Hodgson sat down with President Ronald Reagan in the spring of 1988 -- late in his second term. In this wide-ranging Oval Office conversation, the president talked about his…

Highlights of the 1981 inauguration of President Ronald Reagan were shown courtesy of NBC. This was the first inauguration held at the Capitol’s West Front.

Ronald Reagan delivered a critique of the growth of government and President Lyndon Johnson’s policies in this speech called “The Myth of the Great Society.” The film was donated to the Ronald…

Three days prior to leaving office, President Ronald Reagan was interviewed by NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw. The president discussed his mother, alcoholic father, religious beliefs, careers…