A bronze statue of Ex President Reagon is unveiled today in London's Grosvenor Square where he will join a small and illustrious group of American Presidents thus honoured by The City that include Eisenhower, Roosevelt, Lincoln, and Washington.
Ms Condoleezza Rice will be representing the Reagon family and has been invited to give the keynote speech at the celebratory dinner in The Guildhall.
A piece of the Berlin wall will be laid at the feet of the statue in honour of the Anglo-American Alliance during the Cold War.
The American Embassy will be leaving Grosvenor Square, a prestigious West End location, for an armoured bunker south of the river. It has been in the the square since 1938. During WWII the square was nicknamed little America as it also hosted General Eisenhower's Headquarters.
It's as if he never heard the name Oliver North in his life...
ReplyDeleteI hope someone steals it for scrap.
ReplyDeleteReaganomics! I think it's a great idea.
ReplyDeleteWhatever people think of RayGun/Reagon its nice to see a new statue up in London. I could happily wander the city just veiwing the Bronzeware and soaking up the history.... hmm sounds like an idea for a day out!
ReplyDeleteConsidering the tricks the Kennedy's were getting up to Vietnam, Bay of Pigs plus numerous affairs then Nixon with Watergate and not to mention Clinton's sexual pecadilloes IMHO Reagan was a mere amateur his (secret) support of "Freedom Fighters" against the Russians in Afghanistan at the time probably seemed justifiable Real politik ... still a new twist on an old saying "the enemy of my enemy is probably going to be my enemy tommorow"
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ReplyDeleteHonouring a person who has had a pivotal role in London's history does not imply approval for every aspect of their political policies. It simply commerates their importance. Reagon contributed to ending the Cold War without getting the city vapourised. That puts him one up on Boudicca who also is honoured by a statue.
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