Last summer we went to the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri. We were pleasantly surprised at how interesting it was -- and that's from two people who agreed with very little of Truman's philosophies.
Library is really a misnomer for a presidential library. They are really museums and contain history about the president, his family, and issues of the world at that time. Anyone
who is interested in history would love to walk through a presidential library. But plan for at least two hours; we have yet to get through one in less than two hours.
Touring all the presidential libraries is our new interest. Since we were planning a trip to Solvang this summer, taking the time to visit the Reagan and Nixon libraries seemed like a must.
We went to the Reagan library first. When we went to the Nixon library, we mentioned to one of our guides that we had visited the Reagan library prior to the Nixon libary. He had library envy as he expressed to us that Reagan's library had a lot of space to spread out. He's right; Reagan's library had a lot more space than Nixon's library.
Reliving the years leading up to Reagan's election while walking through the library was like looking in a mirror of where our country is currently. We were surprised at how many people were at the Reagan library besides us. Maybe they, like us, all long for the days of Reagan backbone and sanity.
Below are some pictures we took at Reagan's library:
President & Mrs. Reagan greet visitors / Reagan's saddles
President Reagan's "tear down this wall" suit / President & Mrs. Reagan's inaugural clothes
Air Force One. We were able to tour the inside.
The view from the Reagan Library
Replica of Reagan's Oval Office built to scale.
Reagan and Gorbachev
"We have one beacon to guide us that Ronald Reagan never had. We have his example. Let us give thanks today for a life that achieved so much for all of God's children."-Margaret Thatcher-
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