The statue of Christopher Columbus that Black Lives Matter protesters tore down and threw into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on July 4th was dedicated by President Ronald Reagan in October 1984 as a monument to the Italian-American community. Americans of Italian descent have given a great deal to this country. Their contribution began 492 years ago when Christopher Columbus, the son of a Genoa weaver, set forth on a voyage of discovery that changed the world. The ideals which many successive … [Read more...]
How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War
RONALD WILSON REAGAN - So, did Ronald Reagan bring on the end of the Cold War? Well, yes. Recently declassified documents leave no doubt about the matter. But how did he accomplish it? Through hostile rhetoric and a massive arms buildup, which the Soviets knew they couldn't match, as Reagan's conservative champions contend? Or through a second-term conversion to detente and disarmament, as some liberal historians, including Slate's David Greenberg, argue? This is an uncomfortable position for … [Read more...]
Ronald Reagan & Freedom of Navigation Operations in the Gulf of Sidra 1986
Ronald Reagan - Freedom of Navigation on the High Seas A textbook study in how Ronald Reagan protected American interests; defended international law; and asserted the basic freedoms of the high seas. It is to be remembered as China said on Friday it would not stand for violations of its territorial waters in the name of freedom of navigation, as the United States considers sailing warships close to China's artificial islands in the South China Sea. A U.S. defense official told Reuters on … [Read more...]
USS Ronald Reagan Forward-Deployed to Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.
THREE CARRIER SWAP IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION USS Ronald Reagan swaps homeport and two-thirds crew with USS George Washington in Japan. The modernized guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville arrived in Yokosuka in May, bolstering 7th Fleet forces in the area. YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The USS Ronald Reagan is about to become the Navy’s latest forward-deployed aircraft carrier in the Asia-Pacific region. Reagan’s departure Monday from San Diego is part of the three-carrier … [Read more...]
FDR Imprisons Japanese-Americans; Reagan Apologizes
American Gulag The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in concentration camps in the interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who lived on the Pacific coast. Sixty-two percent of the internees were United States citizens. These actions were ordered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt shortly after Imperial Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese Americans were … [Read more...]
Reagan & Robert F. Kennedy Debate Vietnam 1967
On May 15, 1967, there was a fascinating debate between California’s new Republican governor, Ronald Reagan, and New York’s new Democratic senator, Robert F. Kennedy. The subject: the Vietnam War. The debate was titled “The Image of America and the Youth of the World,” and was billed by CBS as a “Town Meeting of the World.” It was broadcast from 10:00-11:00 P.M. EDT by CBS TV Network and CBS Radio Network. It was produced by later 60 Minutes brainchild Don Hewitt and hosted by CBS News … [Read more...]