Ronald Reagan: “The torch is passed; the games begin; the 23d Olympiad of the modern…”

On the recordJuly 27, 1984

The torch is passed; the games begin; the 23d Olympiad of the modern era commences.

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Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Summer Olympic Games

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