Conservative icon Ronald Reagan, the former Hollywood leading man and California governor who outwitted the American political elite to reach the Oval Office, was elected president of the United States on this day in history, Nov. 4, 1980. His “triumph capped the rise of the new right/conservative wing of the Republican Party and ushered in […]
On this day in history, November 4, 1980, Ronald Reagan elected president: ‘Morning again in America’
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Web Gem: Ronald Reagan’s 1980 Labor Day Speech
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Ronald Reagan kicked off his general election campaign on September 1, 1980, at Liberty State Park in New Jersey with Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty as his backdrop. The crowd was strategically filled with flag-waving Americans who were there to raise Reagan’s profile with blue-collar, ethnic Catholic voters. Though Reagan arrived at the […]