Ronald Reagan Paperweight

President Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) pledged in his 1980 campaign to restore “the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism.” By the end of his second term, his determination to lessen government economic regulation, cut taxes, decrease federal funding to social services, and strengthen the United States military had made his pledge a reality.

By the 1940s Regan had risen to moderate fame as a screen actor, an unlikely beginning for a future president of the United States. On the domestic front, Reagan restored prosperity; internationally, he brought us closer to peace through the 1987 Nuclear Forces Treaty with the Soviet Union.