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On July 4, Commemorative Ronald Reagan Statue Unveiled in London

On July 4, Commemorative Ronald Reagan Statue Unveiled in London

The new Ronald Reagan statue in London (AP Photo)

LONDON (The Blaze/AP) — As time goes on, Ronald Reagan’s legacy continues to have a profound impact across the globe. Last week, we reported on a new statue that was sculpted in Hungary to commemorate the U.S. president. Now, another statue — this time in London — has been unveiled to honor a true American hero.

Ronald Reagan was hailed as “a great American hero” Monday as his admirers unveiled a 10-foot-tall (3-meter-tall) statue of the former U.S. president near the American embassy in London.

Condoleezza Rice, national security adviser and secretary of state in President George W. Bush’s administration, joined British Foreign Secretary William Hague at the morning ceremony in Grosvenor Square. Below, watch Rice speak at today’s event:

“Statues bring us to face to face with our heroes long after they are gone,“ Hague said ”Ronald Reagan is without question a great American hero; one of America’s finest sons, and a giant of 20th-century history. You may be sure that the people of London will take this statue to their hearts.”

Hague also brought a message from former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Reagan’s staunch ally, whose frail health has made her public appearances very rare.

“She has asked me to say these words to you: Ronald Reagan was a great president and a great man – a true leader for our times,” Hague said.

“He held clear principles and acted upon them with purpose. Through his strength and his conviction he brought millions of people to freedom as the Iron Curtain finally came down.”

The London statue was commissioned by the Reagan Memorial Fund Trust. It joins images of former presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower in Grosvenor Square, and will remain there after the U.S. Embassy moves to a new location.

Rice was in Prague on Friday as the Czech capital renamed a street in Reagan’s honor, and she was in Budapest on Wednesday for the unveiling of a statue of Reagan.

These are among several events this year marking the 100th anniversary of Reagan’s birth on Feb. 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois.

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  • cookcountypatriot
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:51pm

    im amayzed that other countrys loved ronald reagan so much that they are unvieling stautes of him in THIER countrys all over the world…i hope people take notice that the progressive left are the true failures and losers of societys no matter where they plant thier slimy tenacles..the definition of freedom is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA to everyone all over the world…except the degenerate left of course..

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  • Flotilla Hunter
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:50pm

    I bet President Reagan’s loser lib son Ron jr. just ran back to his hole to huff some more paint.

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  • Shiroi Raion
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:45pm

    Reagan was the best we have had in many, MANY years, but as good as he was, we should aim for someone that will try to decrease the size of government. The National Endowment of the Arts should go. IRS could be all but eliminated if we used fair tax. Giving control of education back to the cities and private sector would save us all a fortune. Stop subsidizing colleges, they just use it as an excuse to dramatically boost tuition. Do away with the Fed aka America’s counterfeiters. Make collective bargaining for Government unions illegal again. There so much we can do to do to save money and restore freedom…. too many to list here. Vote Libertarian.

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  • Bowmaster
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:43pm

    After P-Bo returned the statute of Sir Winston, the Brits have their own unique way of telling him to “stuff it”, on the world stage!

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  • paperpushermj
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:40pm

    I’m starting a Pool on how long it will take to deface the Statue.

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  • CHICAGOTHUGBUCKET
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:38pm

    I will take care of Churchill’s bust any day for our Britiish allies! Can we send the dumb Bronze mechanical teleprompter reading skinny hollow bust of a President to Kenya for a gift representing Obama family dreams of Marxism? We could get some great corn dolls and beaded necklaces in trade.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:37pm

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    Some British Obama will one day send it back to us…….turn about and all that……pip pip….

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  • Flotilla Hunter
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:37pm

    From Carter to Reagan was like night into day. I was young but I saw the difference. Changed me forever.

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  • Comm Marine
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:30pm

    Ronald Reagan, one of the BEST! Obama, you will never come close

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  • Its Gonna Getcha
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:28pm

    If anyone is too young to remember, those Reagan years were good years. At the end of his 8 years, there was an overwhelming call to change the laws so we could continue with him. Not because we wanted “one ruler”, but because he shed light on the best of America, and the best in its people. If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.

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  • chips1
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:28pm

    So Kenya is going to erect a statue of BO. A contest offering 3 goats for the best shaped coconut has been comissioned.

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  • Flotilla Hunter
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:23pm

    Thank you, President Reagan. Thank you Britain.

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  • SavingtheRepublic.com
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:20pm

    ^____^____^
    Unveiled in London………. not the US how does this happen? This is just another example of the “exits” we are passing by where folks fail to see the bigger picture. Our friends honor great men but here in America we are under a regime that that turns away from great leaders. We saw a clear example when Emp. BHO returned the Churchill bust and how Glenn has demonstrated that those within the regime honor monsters of our past like Mao instead!

    Better wake up America, time is running out. http://tinyurl.com/3tg4s98

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:20pm

    Great Britian thank you, the people there understand as the people here do – while Obama may have abandoned you, we have not.

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  • vennoye
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:20pm

    patriot48
    How right you are!!! When you listen to liberals, they all say “it all started with Ronald Regan” they are talking about America’s decline (in their eyes) How sad that his policies gave us so many years of freedom and prosperity.
    Thank you for honoring the President, Britian!!

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  • BobNH
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:20pm

    Thank you, President Reagan!

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  • Charybdis
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:18pm

    Don’t hold your breath for Barry (i-pod) Obama to get one anytime soon. LOL!

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  • mukesh
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:14pm

    While Obama sends back the bust of Churchill….

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  • Steve
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:12pm

    We need another Ronnie.

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  • patriot48
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:09pm

    England has always been a great friend and continues to be in spite of the current administration. The human spirit understands freedom and embraces it. Pay attention President Obama. It wasn’t YOUR statue that was being honored……and it never will be.

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  • TumbleBumble
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:08pm

    During the time Reagan was president, I remember my step-father, Larry, saying that Reagan was going to go down as one of the greatest presidents of all time. I marked his words, and they go down as one of the most remarkable things I remember Larry saying to me.

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  • Alvin691
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:04pm

    The Czech Republic is one of the last bastions of conservatism and Capitalism left in their part of the world.

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  • Ironmaan
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:02pm

    Obamas hatred for what Reagan accompolished says alot about Obama and his agenda. Reagen was a true leader and a man that loved freedom. Obama on the other hand wants to enslave man through excessive taxation and regulation. Obama is a true statist.
    http://guerillatics.com

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  • Aaron in Polk County
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 11:59am

    In London!
    How do we not have one here first?!

    Someone please tell me we have a Regan Tribute or Memorial somewhere in the States? (not the library, I know about that.)

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    • Alfred F. Jones
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:22pm

      There’s a whole museum dedicated to Ronald Reagan in California.

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    • stuckinhellinois
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 1:12pm

      Dixon, Illinois, has a fabulous little tour of his boyhood home and the area. There is a Reagan statue as well. Well worth the visit!!

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    • Girard1974
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 4:08pm

      From what I know only an airport in D.C. has this great man’s name attached to it. While I am grateful to Great Britain for recognizing who will always be remembered as the architect of the destruction of the Soviet Union, it disturbs me greatly that at least so far he isn’t remembered so fondly here. But with the likes of our current administration and the one other that followed George H.W. Bush, it might be a very long time before Ronald Reagan is honored at home – without any doubt he’s certainly earned it more than any other president since Abraham Lincoln.

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    • Rpfoster
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 7:22pm

      Actually there is a Statue in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol. It was dedicated on June 4, 2009. Standing room only. Nancy Reagan was there. It was a moving cermony the was broadcast on several of the cable news channels

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  • Robert-CA
    Posted on July 4, 2011 at 11:59am

    Thank You LONDON .

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    • Aaron in Polk County
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:27pm

      @Gurrino_P
      I love your spirit! That kind of energy is rare.

      Can you please tell us How Regan “…was a hack”? Explain what you mean by hack because that may mean different things to different people.

      As for Regan being “…in Hell”. I don’t want to touch that with a 10-foot pole. Simply, there is no Heaven, no Hell, no God just a bunch of people on Earth using mystical, supernatural beings under threat of damnation to control you (religious people). That is not up for debate, it is just the truth.

      Your parents who introduced you to religion (via church) were bamboozled by their parents. It’s a vicious cycle of bamboozling  and the Clergy wins.

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 1:26pm

      @Aaron… I suggest you take a course in world religions to understand the history of religion and it’s role in evolving societies. Most religions temper the self-centered beast within all of us, which allows us to exist in a society. You, my friend, are a benefactor of a society with strong Christian values. Hopefully you appreciate it.

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    • skilaxdad
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 1:50pm

      Aaron in Polk County
      Yet another mindless follower of other people’s asses. “That’s is not up for debate. It’s just the truth.”

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    • Guerrino_P
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 2:29pm

      @AARON IN POLK COUNTY
      My meaning of the word hack, is that he was about as good as Obama is now. As for hell, just kidding. I agree, there is no hell. There are a bunch of dopes on this site that would disagree with us though.

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    • topperj
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:31pm

      Vicious comments about Reagan will not tarnsih the man and his legacy. Maybe you could slip back under the rock from which you came, slime ball.

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    • mrsmileyface
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:40pm

      Ill AMEN!! that.

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    • fastfacts
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:57pm

      Here is a great speech from Reagan about our liberties called “Time for Choosing”: http://tiny.cc/cz2jy

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    • mr.goodvibe
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 1:03pm

      Your a hack and go to hell.

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    • LOOKINGFROMTHERIGHT
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 2:17pm

      It s not hard to tell the difference between the people who love and respect freedom and the people who fought tirelessly from Communism around the world. The others show their true colors with venom we see them spew daily.

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    • cowdude
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 2:28pm

      It’s sad the majority of people in rural USA and England get it but somehow many of the “INSIDE THE BELTWAY” crowd continues to miss Reagan’s value to the world.

      Cowdude
      http://conservativewatercooler.com

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 2:34pm

      The statue makes Ron look very Black, maybe they will think he was our first black president, and further think that president Obama is a copy cat.

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    • BlackAce41
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 3:07pm

      Why are their no statue like this here?

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    • jeffyfreezone
      Posted on July 4, 2011 at 6:13pm

      I saw this on Drudge earlier. It made me cry. I pray God will guide us to another leader like Ronnie.

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