From John Ruberry, Marathon Pundit -
When Ronald Reagan and his family returned to Tampico, Illinois in 1919, "Dutch" would play on a Civil War cannon in what is now Ronald Reagan Park.
The cannon was melted down for a World War II metal drive.
For several years the volunteers with the Tampico Area Historical Society have been raising money to build a bronze statue of a young Reagan standing on top of that cannon (see photo right).
In a telephone interview this afternoon, Joan Johnson, the president of the TAHS, told me that her group needs "only $10,000 more for the statue project, plus a bit more for landscaping expenses." ...More HERE
