I'm trying to find articles from around the time of the 1980 election. Must have been an exciting time. Does anybody has any links to such archived articles/video?
A true GIANT !
"America is too great for small dreams"- Reagan
"There is nothing wrong with America that Americans can't fix"- Reagan
"All great change in America begins at the dinner table"- Reagan
"America's best days lie ahead. You ain't seen nothing yet"- Reagan
How can someone forget? Thank you for everything Gipper
ROCKNE:
Well, boys ... I haven't a thing to say.
Played a great game...all of you. Great game.
(He tries to smile.)
I guess we just can't expect to win em all.
(Rockne pauses and says quietly.)
I'm going to tell you something I've kept to myself for years --
None of you ever knew George Gipp.
It was long before your time.
But you know what a tradition he is at Notre Dame...
(There is gentle, faraway look in his eyes as he recalls the boy's words.)
And the last thing he said to me -- "Rock," he said -
"sometime, when the team is up against it -- and the
breaks are beating the boys -- tell them to go out there
with all they got and win just one for the Gipper...
(Knute's eyes become misty and his voice is unsteady as he finishes.)
I don't know where I'll be then, Rock", he said - "but
I'll know about it - and I'll be happy."
There is a hushed stillness as Rockne and the crowd of boys look at each other. In the midst of this tense silence, Rockne quietly says "Alright," to the men beside him, and his chair is wheeled slowly out of the dressing room.
PLAYER # 12
Well, what are we waiting for?
With a single roar, the players throw off their blankets and rush through the doorway.
http://lamb.archives.nd.edu/rockne/speech.html
And he did.
Thread from 1 year ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1148152/posts
I hope that everybody has a goodly supply of Reagan postage stamps (and that everybody is holding out for a new $20 bill)...
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RONALD REAGAN was as much a Soldier during the Cold War fighting for the Freedom of others as we who were standing on the Front Lines.
RONALD REAGAN's Washington, D.C. Funeral Service ended with the
inspiring "WE WERE SOLDIERS" Hymn:
'The MANSIONS of the LORD'
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1151544/posts
Text: RANDALL WALLACE
Music: NICK GLENNIE-SMITH
To fallen soldiers, let us sing,
Where no rockets fly or bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
To the Mansions of the Lord.
No more bleeding, no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night,
Just divine embrace, eternal light
In the Mansions of the Lord.
Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep
All through the ages safely keep
The Mansions of the Lord.
http://www.WeWereSoldiers.com
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm