After the Lime Light
Post-Presidential Speeches
1989-present

[Farewell picture]

Nobody asked me what it was going to feel like to not be President anymore- I have some understanding, because after I'd been Governor for 8 years and then stepped down, I want to tell you what it's like. We'd only been home a few days, and someone invited us out to dinner. Nancy and I both went out, got in the back seat of the car, and waited for somebody to get in front and drive us. [Laughter]

After leaving the presidency, Ronald Reagan continued to make public appearances and announcements, reaffirming his title as the "Great Communicator."

Since leaving public office, Ronald Reagan has delivered several address and celebrations to individual groups and the nation. Reagan's farewell address summarizes the President's optimistic view of America and stresses the accomplishments of the administration. Reagan's public announcement of his infliction with Alzheimer's disease is a moving example of the impact the emotion Reagan conveys as a communicator has on the American people.


Reagan's Farewell address to the American people, delivered in the final days of his second term, on January 11, 1989.




Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher roasts Former President Reagan at his 83rd birthday party.




Reagan's own remarks in response to Thatcher at his 83rd birthday party.






After speaking at the 40th anniversary of D-Day, the French invited him back to speak at a joint U.S./ French ceremony honoring the 50th anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1994



Reagan returns to the public eye one more time on November 5, 1995 to announce his diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease.








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