Diary Entry - 09/09/1984
Key Facts
President Reagan places a call to Alfred M. Landon, former Republican candidate for President in 1936, on the occasion of his 97th birthday.
President Reagan attends the annual Polish Festival.
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Phoned Alf Landon on his 97th B.D. Nancy came off the mountain by car & I helicoptered to Doylestown Pa. to attend the Festival of Our Lady of Czestochowa (The Black Madonna). Gov. Thornburgh & Cardinal Krol met me. I saw the Shrine, put a wreath on the monument to Paderewski and then addressed 40,000 Polish Americans. Wonderfully received & magnificently introduced by the Cardinal. Then it was home & mother. Maureen is here. A couple of hours helicoptering really leaves the tired—the vibration.
