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In September 1981, #PresidentReagan signed a proclamation declaring October 19, 1981, as a day of national observance in honor of the Yorktown Bicentennial.
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📸: President Reagan's remarks at the ceremony for the Yorktown Bicentennial Proclamation with Secretary of the Navy, John Lehman and Secretary of the Army, John Marsh in First Lady Garden, 09/14/1981.
(catalog.archives.gov/id/2765…)
📜:Proclamation (catalog.archives.gov/id/2895…)
#PresidentReagan proudly displays his “A+” report card presented to him by students from Upper Darby High School following his remarks at the school.
Click the link to watch Reagan's speech and the presentation of his “A+” report card:
catalog.archives.gov/id/1177…
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📸: President Reagan during a trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania addressing the Upper Darby High School, 10/12/1988. (catalog.archives.gov/id/2765…)
#PresidentReagan spoke at the swearing in ceremony for the Archivist of the United States Don Wilson held at the National Archives on 12/04/1987.
Reagan said, “But if we're to succeed in the future, we must learn our own past and learn to look at these and other documents and hear the echoes and sense the greatness and draw strength. For to study American history is, in a sense, to study free will.” #AmericanArchivesMonth.
Click to read President Reagan’s full remarks:
reaganlibrary.gov/archives/s…
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President Ronald Reagan speaking at podium and attending the swearing in ceremony of Archivist of The United States Don Wilson at the National Archives, 12/04/1987.
(catalog.archives.gov/id/7585…)
On display now through October 14, step into history and see an iconic piece of America’s past: the original U.S. Treasury warrant issued on August 1, 1868, in the amount of $7.2 million for the purchase of Alaska from Russia!
This document is part of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration's “Opening the Vault at the Presidential Libraries.”
To learn more, visit reaganlibrary.gov/exhibits/o…
- National Archives Washington D.C, NAID: 301667 (catalog.archives.gov/id/3016…)
Happy American Archives Month!
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum archives holds over 65 million pages from the Reagan administration and other historical collections.
📸: President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan with Michael Deaver and Mary Jane Wick viewing 3 models of the proposed Reagan Presidential Library in the White House Billiard room, 03/10/1986. (catalog.archives.gov/id/4045…)
📸: President Reagan and Nancy Reagan horseback riding at Camp David, 10/10/1981 (catalog.archives.gov/id/7585…)
The Reagan Library honors the life and legacy of artist, Peter Max, who passed away on September 14, 2026. In 1981, Peter Max was invited by President Reagan to a 4th of July Celebration on the South Lawn of the White House.There, Max painted 6 paintings of the Statue of Liberty.
Image 1: President Reagan shaking hands with Peter Max and other unidentified people during the Fourth of July Independence Day Picnic for members of the White House staff and invited guests on the South Lawn, 7/04/1981. (c2789-26a)