Reagan statue unveiled at National Airport
By Meredith Somers
The Washington Times
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
left: Frederick Ryan Jr., chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential
Foundation; former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole; Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and
Charles Snelling, chairman of the Board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, unveil
the statue of President Reagan, on Nov. 1, 2011, at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.
A towering bronze statue of President Ronald Reagan was unveiled Tuesday, as the last of four statues marking the president’s centennial was dedicated at the airport of his namesake.
“It’s a privilege to be able to unveil a statue of Ronald Reagan,” said former Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole. “He was a man who blessed this endeavor, sponsored the legislation and cheered on the effort many years ago.”
Reagan is credited with championing the transfer of power of the two Virginia airports from federal hands to what is today the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
The statue at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport — renamed from Washington National Airport in 1998 — stands 9 feet tall and portrays the suited president mid-step as he welcomes travelers to the original airport terminal.
The $900,000 statue is the last of four privately funded centennial statues endorsed by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
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