Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

English: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the presidential library of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. The library is located in Simi Valley, California, United States.

Français : La Ronald Reagan Presidential Library est la bibliothèque présidentielle dédiée à Ronald Reagan, le 40e président des Etats-Unis. Cette bibliothèque est située à Simi Valley, en Californie.

General library [edit]

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
Presidents (from left) Ford, Nixon, Bush, Reagan, and Carter in the Library's Oval Office replica, 1991
From left to right: Lady Bird Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Richard Nixon, Pat Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Barbara Bush at the dedication of the library, 1991
The library's Air Force One Pavilion
Marine One in the Air Force One Pavilion
Reagan's tomb and memorial site on the library's grounds
A piece of the Berlin Wall housed at the library
An F-14 "Tomcat" at the library
The garden at the back of the library

Air Force One Pavilion [edit]

SAM 27000 (formerly Air Force One) is trucked to the Reagan Library, June 21, 2003
Nancy Reagan unveils the Air Force One Pavilion's cornerstone on President Reagan's 93rd birthday, February 6, 2004
An aerial shot of the library grounds with the construction in the foreground, April 2004
Air Force One 27000 is lifted and mounted on pedestals; the nose of the plane is now 25 feet above the ground floor level, January 2005
Contructin begins on a 60-foot tall glass wall, February 2005
Nancy Reagan toured the Air Force One Pavilion to see, first-hand, the building's progress on June 11, 2005. In addition to touring the Pavilion, Mrs. Reagan went on-board 27000 for the first time since the decommissioning ceremony on September 8, 2001.
The library's Air Force One Pavilion

Events at the library [edit]

Former President Reagan (left) awards former Soviet Premeir Mikhail Gorbachev the first Ronald Reagan Freedom Award at the library, 1992
Nancy Reagan dedicates the Air Force One Pavilion at the Reagan Library with U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush looking on, October 24, 2005
The Bushes and Mrs. Reagan go aboard Air Force One during the opening of the Reagan Library's Air Force One Pavilion
Reagan chats with President Bush aboard Air Force One during the the opening of the Air Force One Pavilion
The Bushes and Mrs. Reagan pay their repsects to President Reagan at his tomb after the opening cerremonies of the Air Force One Pavilion
Reagan and the Bushes walk away from the tomb of President Reagan
The President and First Lady of Poland, Mr. and Mrs. Lech Kaczyński, arrive at the Reagan Library to award Poland's highest distinction, the Order of the White Eagle, to the late former President Ronald Reagan posthumously; Nancy Reagan accepted the award
Mrs. Reagan and the President enter the library's Presidential Learning Center where the event took place
President and Mrs. Lech Kaczyński (center, left) with former United States First Lady Nancy Reagan (center, in tan suit) at the library July 17, 2007, as Mrs. Reagan prepares to accept the Order of the White Eagle on behalf of Ronald Reagan
Accepting the Order of the White Eagle, on behalf of Ronald Reagan
Accepting the Order of the White Eagle, on behalf of Ronald Reagan
Left to right: Obie Shultz, former U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan, Polish President Lech Kaczyński, First Lady Maria Kaczyńska, and former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz in Mrs. Reagan's office