Alzheimer Letter:
This is the letter where Ronald Reagan shares that he suffers from Alzheimer's disease. He wrote this letter in 1994
stating that he had recently been diagnosed with this disease. After he wrote this letter and shared it with the public
hoards of well-wishes were sent to his home in California. Some people believe that he was suffering from this disease long
before he said he was diagnosed with it. Because in 1986 a former white house correspondent stated that in her final
meeting with Reagan he did not seem to remember her. She also said that she came close to reporting that Reagan was
senile but at the end of the meeting he regained his conscious and remembered her. Throughout the years the disease
began to destroy is brain he began to not remember some people including his wife.
stating that he had recently been diagnosed with this disease. After he wrote this letter and shared it with the public
hoards of well-wishes were sent to his home in California. Some people believe that he was suffering from this disease long
before he said he was diagnosed with it. Because in 1986 a former white house correspondent stated that in her final
meeting with Reagan he did not seem to remember her. She also said that she came close to reporting that Reagan was
senile but at the end of the meeting he regained his conscious and remembered her. Throughout the years the disease
began to destroy is brain he began to not remember some people including his wife.
Farewell Address:
Another letter that Ronald Reagan gave was his farewell address. Through his two terms of presidency this would be his 34th time speaking to the people from the Oval
office. When asked how he felt about leaving he replied with, "Parting is such sweet sorrow." He was happy to go back to his home in California but was sad to have to say
goodbye. In his letter he spoke about where he and his family lived in The White House and how he had some favorite windows that he would just stand and think at. One
of the things he thought about what the past 8 years have meant to him.
office. When asked how he felt about leaving he replied with, "Parting is such sweet sorrow." He was happy to go back to his home in California but was sad to have to say
goodbye. In his letter he spoke about where he and his family lived in The White House and how he had some favorite windows that he would just stand and think at. One
of the things he thought about what the past 8 years have meant to him.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:
In 1991 The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library opened up in Simi Valley to honor and commemorate what Reagan had accomplished in his 8 years of President. It
holds over 6 million pages of documents, over 1.6 million photographs, a half a million feet of motion picture film, thousands of audio and video tapes, and over 40,000
artifacts. You are able to walk around a replica Oval Office where president Reagan never took off his suit jacket.
holds over 6 million pages of documents, over 1.6 million photographs, a half a million feet of motion picture film, thousands of audio and video tapes, and over 40,000
artifacts. You are able to walk around a replica Oval Office where president Reagan never took off his suit jacket.