Honoring President Ronald Reagan in London

Ted Bromund / May 29, 2009

Here’s good news for a Friday: the planning committee of the Westminster City Council in London has given its approval for the placement of a statue honoring President Reagan outside the American Embassy. The statue will be accompanied by a piece of the Berlin Wall, to pay tribute to Reagan’s role in ending the Cold War.

The Council normally allows memorials only for individuals who have been dead for at least ten years, but in recognition of Reagan’s status as a former head of state, and of the Special Relationship, it waved the rule in this case. And the words of the Chairman of the committee, Steve Summers, are a fitting tribute to the President and to the Anglo-American bond: (more…)