Ronald Reagan – 1911-2004

From Ronald Reagan’s Letter to America, November 5, 1994:

In closing let me thank you, the American people for giving me the great honor of allowing me to serve as your President.

When the Lord calls me home, whenever that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future.

I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.

“He was our oldest president, but he made America young again,” said Senator John Kerry. Indeed.

The San Francisco Chronicle’s Carolyn Lochhead continues.