Ronald Reagan's Eulogy

During that time he wrote his “Atom for Peace” speech, helped Korea become at peace with each other, and signed a bill that started NASA. These are some great feats that he accomplished in his lifetime. Works Cited Biography.com Editors (N/A) Dwight D. Eisenhower Retrieved from http://www.biography.com/people/dwight-d-eisenhower-9285482#related-video-gallery Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey (2006) The Presidents of the United States of America Retrieved from

(Web article from Time) He brought down the budget and told the soviets no more. (Web article from History.com) Ronald Reagan brought the conservative way of thinking back into government. (The Reagan Way, p. 56) Ronald Reagan may have been president, but he was also an actor. He brought good, quality entertainment to the

Although Ronald Reagan’s speech about the Challenger explosion was given during a time of great sorrow, the speech was successful for being a way to unite the country as one to deal with the loss as a whole, and to bear the weight of such a horrific tragedy together. With the Challenger disaster being the first one of the space program to have deaths in flight, the United States was completely shocked by the misfortune of the shuttle. Ronald Reagan’s speech on the disaster was a way to have the nation not blame the space program for the deaths of the astronauts, but a way to have the nation face the disaster with strength and push through the event with more courage than before and to continue exploration into space. Ronald Reagan begins his speech by addressing the nation and stating how he is exempting the State of the Union

On January 28, 1986, President Ronald Reagan responded to the dreadful crash of the space shuttle, Challenger, with words of sorrow about the loss of seven men and women. The situation at hand called for a sincere message from the leader of the country by giving his respect and thank those who died on that unfortunate day. Ronald Reagan made the dreadful event into a speech that motivated the American citizens to keep being brave and exploring whether it is in regard to the NASA space program or just the ambition of achieving the freedom that America stands for. Knowing that the direct audience would be the citizens of the United States and the indirect audience would be other countries like Russia who were competing for the exploration of space, Reagan knew he had to pressure the citizens to not give up and not become scared because this one incident. The speech emphasizes this point through Reagan’s directly mention of “the schoolchildren of America.” The schoolchildren that Reagan is mentioning is the future of the United States.

Reagan intrigues his audience to continue listening by declaring how “daring and brave” those heroes were. The president continues to praise them and say “they wished to serve, and they did. They served all of us.” Sharing this line with the audience creates a nice transition from mourning over the loss, to the bright side of things of which is the cause they died

In 1964 economy was a prevailing matter. On October seventeenth in Los Angeles former actor, Ronald Reagan, addressed the American people with his speech, A Time for Choosing. He represented Arizona senator and Republican presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater. Reagan was previously a democrat but had since shifted to a Republican. In his speech he emphasized his certainty in the importance of a less intrusive government.

John F. Kennedy (JFK) Across the centuries there have been many political and social leaders in America, they have played a key role in helping the country to succeed. Many Americans still remember the day, when one of those leaders, who made a big change in America was, elected president. John Fitzgerald “jack” Kennedy was born in Boston Massachusetts in May 29, 1917 and die by assassination in November 22, 1963 (46 years old), commonly referred by his initials” JFK “ was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. Many important things took place during his short presidency as space race, the civil rights movement, test ban and others more. Also Kennedy was the youngest person elected (35 years old) and the first Roman Catholic to serve in that office.

American Astronauts landed on the Moon for the first time while Nixon was in office. His quest as a president was world stability with other countries. Nixon had won his second term as president, but that is when his presidency took a turn downhill. President Nixon is the only president to resign while in office 0n August 8, 1974. He was being investigated for the Watergate scandal, and was on a road to being impeached as president.

There are people who believe that the entire moon landing was “ The greatest government conspiracy of all time”. But the question is; why would they do that? What would be the reason for a government, who wants their country to trust them, to fake such an incredible event? After World War II drew to a close in the mid-20th century, both the US and

To many people the Space Race was one of the most important events of the 1900’s. It started during the cold war when the Soviets and America were racing to get the first ever man on the moon. In order for America to accomplish this goal, there had to be an ambitious president in office. Fortunately for America, John F Kennedy wanted to win this Space Race more than anyone in the United States. On September 12, 1962; John F Kennedy gathered the nation at Rice stadium in Houston Texas to give a speech about the Space Race.