An historic marker has been dedicated in Des Moines to honor former President Ronald Reagan. Kevin Flagg, director of the Reagan Historical project of Iowa, says the marker is five-feet wide.The marker stands at 4th and Court in Des Moines. That’s near where Reagan lived when he was a sports broadcaster on W-H-O Radio. Flagg says the ceremony was scheduled for yesterday for a reason.Reagan’s policies are credited with helping to bring down the Berlin Wall and ending the dominance of communism in Eastern Europe. Flagg raised 60-thousand dollars for the monument.
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