Ronald Reagan: “The United States and Poland share the noble legacy of a hero who gave his life so that the torch of freedom would never…”

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

We have not come this far through lack of strength or any weakness in our resolve, nor has there been anything inevitable about what we've achieved.

The strength of our nation has never been with the Washington colony but with the American people.

I don't say that we're not prepared.