“Just Say No” was Nancy’s famous tagline from her campaign against youth drug and alcohol use.
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During that late 1983 visit, Mr. T even took a turn as Santa Claus – with the first lady gamely sitting in his lap for a memorable photo opp.
She died of congestive heart failure on Sunday morning, and while many politicians and other notables in D.C. mourn her loss, many more Americans remember her by three simple but profound words: “Just Say No”.
As part of the official events, Mrs. Reagan will lie in repose at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday, from 1 p.m.to 7 p.m. and on Thursday from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. But he said Mrs. Reagan “could not have been more gracious and more charming to myself and Michelle when we first came into office”.
After the funeral, Nancy Reagan’s interment will be next to her husband, Ronald Reagan, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. “During her time as first lady and since, she worked to fight drug abuse and raise awareness about breast cancer”, he said. Mrs. Reagan died Sunday at the age of 94.
Tough-minded on the hiring and firing of key staffers and Cabinet members, she often played bad cop to his good cop, forcing hard decisions that the famously easygoing chief executive was loath to make.
A fierce protector of her husband and his political legacy, Reagan had outsized influence during her White House years from 1981 to 1989.
He says his parents were inseparable, and that when they were apart, they talked on the phone every day.
Franklin will be speaking about all of his work on Air Force One with five presidents at Brunswick Community College on March 10 at 11:00 a.m.
Many remember Nancy Reagan’s journey from Hollywood to the White House, and standing by her husband, Ronald Reagan.
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Baums holds on to that memory and a letter, signed by Nancy Reagan, nearly 30 years ago. Heidi Katz drove to the library as soon as she heard of the former first lady’s passing, hoping to pay her respects to the Reagans. “She wasn’t afraid to whisper in the president’s ear if there were changes that should be made or she felt were not being loyal to the president”.
