Tour the Ronald Reagan Trail Explore the Illinois Towns that Shaped A President

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.

Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

People don't start wars, governments do.

"What does an actor know about politics?" - criticizing Ed Asner for opposing American foreign policy

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Reagan Trail Days

Trail Events

Annual event, August: A week filled with events honoring our hometown President, Ronald Wilson Reagan, including a wine tasting at the Reagan Boyhood Home , ice cream social on the Riverfront), free Pontoon rides on the Rock River from Lowell Park where Reagan served as lifeguard , Taste of Dixon, all day on the Riverfront with music, beer garden, Ronald Reagan Heritage Bike Ride www.rrvbc.net or www.reagantraildays.net

Cities Along the Trail

Reagan Trail Days