Diary Entry - 02/21/1982
Key Facts
President and Mrs. Reagan visit ‘Christ’s Church’ in Alexandria and "sat in George Washington’s pew."
Interior Secretary James Watt, in a policy shift, announced he would ask Congress to bar mining and drilling in wilderness areas until the year 2000.
Mexican president Jose Lopez Portillo, during a visit to Nicaragua, declares his willingness to act as a mediator to lessen tensions in Central America and the Caribbean.
To “Christs Church” in Alexandria—sat in Geo. Washington’s pew. It was good to be back in a church. We haven’t gone since the Libya threat. I didn’t even mind the bullet proof vest. Rest of the day & evening at home. Geo. Murphy came by. He’s worried about the hard core conservatives rebelling. The “Conservative Digest” now has me captured by the moderates.
