President Reagan's Greatest Speech You've Never Heard: His July 4 Speech in NY Harbor
Feb 23, 2026
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On this episode of Our American Stories, on July 4, 1986, moments before the largest fireworks display in American history, President Ronald Reagan gave a rousing speech from the deck of the USS John F. Kennedy in New York Harbor. Standing beneath the Statue of Liberty, he reminded the country and the world what freedom really means.
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