Post by Bonobo on Aug 8, 2012 22:10:41 GMT 1
I liked him. He wasn`t the brightest one, but at least he was one of few US presidents who had the guts to say No to Soviets. Thanks to him and his programme of "Star Wars: defence system, the Soviet Union collapsed as they ran out of funds and weren`t able to catch up with American technological superiority. Yes, I know it cost American taxpayers a lot of money but the final result was worth it. 
The Polish monuments and streets named after RR are quite natural, IMHO.
Gdañsk honours Pope John Paul II and President Reagan
16.07.2012 12:54
A monument to the Polish Pope and former US President Ronald Reagan has been unveiled in the Ronald Reagan Memorial Park in the Baltic city of Gdañsk.
JP2 with Reagan
www.thenews.pl/df4bca04-80e1-4e08-88d8-568fced74762.file
The new statue in Gdañsk depicting Pope John Paul II with US president Ronald Reagan. Photo: PAP/Piotr Pêdziszewski
Their figures, each over two metres-high, are placed in one of the park lanes, creating an impression of the two men taking a walk together. The design is based on the famous picture taken in September 1987 by an Associated Press photographer Scott Steward of a meeting of President Reagan and Pope John Paul II in Miami.
The monument is an initiative of the local Association ‘Godno¶æ’ (Dignity). Its chairman, Czes³aw Nowak recalled during the unveiling ceremony John Paul II’s appeals for respecting human rights in communist Poland as well as President Reagan’s protest against the imposition of martial law in December 1981.
Earlier this year, a statue of Ronald Reagan was unveiled in the centre of Warsaw. It is inspired by President Reagan’s 1987 speech in Berlin, in which he challenged on Soviet leader Gorbachov to tear down the wall that divided the city.
Reagan’s two terms of office, from 1981 to 1989, coincided with the crumbling of the Soviet empire, the Solidarity revolution in Poland and the imposition of martial law. In June 1982 president Reagan had an audience with Pope John Paul II devoted to Poland and the Soviet domination in Europe.
President Reagan was posthumously honoured with the Order of the White Eagle – Poland’s highest state distinction
The Polish monuments and streets named after RR are quite natural, IMHO.
Gdañsk honours Pope John Paul II and President Reagan
16.07.2012 12:54
A monument to the Polish Pope and former US President Ronald Reagan has been unveiled in the Ronald Reagan Memorial Park in the Baltic city of Gdañsk.
JP2 with Reagan
www.thenews.pl/df4bca04-80e1-4e08-88d8-568fced74762.file
The new statue in Gdañsk depicting Pope John Paul II with US president Ronald Reagan. Photo: PAP/Piotr Pêdziszewski
Their figures, each over two metres-high, are placed in one of the park lanes, creating an impression of the two men taking a walk together. The design is based on the famous picture taken in September 1987 by an Associated Press photographer Scott Steward of a meeting of President Reagan and Pope John Paul II in Miami.
The monument is an initiative of the local Association ‘Godno¶æ’ (Dignity). Its chairman, Czes³aw Nowak recalled during the unveiling ceremony John Paul II’s appeals for respecting human rights in communist Poland as well as President Reagan’s protest against the imposition of martial law in December 1981.
Earlier this year, a statue of Ronald Reagan was unveiled in the centre of Warsaw. It is inspired by President Reagan’s 1987 speech in Berlin, in which he challenged on Soviet leader Gorbachov to tear down the wall that divided the city.
Reagan’s two terms of office, from 1981 to 1989, coincided with the crumbling of the Soviet empire, the Solidarity revolution in Poland and the imposition of martial law. In June 1982 president Reagan had an audience with Pope John Paul II devoted to Poland and the Soviet domination in Europe.
President Reagan was posthumously honoured with the Order of the White Eagle – Poland’s highest state distinction