Ronald Reagan actually said...

"I invite the people of this Nation to observe that day in schools, churches and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies in honor of this great explorer."

"We are indebted to the brave men and women who serve communities across the Nation so bravely—often at the risk of their own safety and sometimes at the cost of their own lives."

"Pulaski died fighting in our American Revolution so that we could live as a free and independent Nation."

"They owe the world an apology and an offer to join the rest of the world in working out a system to protect against this ever happening again."