Collection The Presidents
Biographies & Portraits
Presidential Vacations & Retreats: President & Mrs. Reagan Riding Horses
- Date of Work
- November, 1981
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library
Presidential Vacations & Retreats: President & Mrs. Reagan Riding Horses
President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan ride horses on the grounds of their retreat, Rancho Del Cielo. November, 1981. "Living in the White House," said Ronald Reagan, gave him "a bird-in-a-gilded-cage feeling." He flew away to his California ranch as often as he could.
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