Dixon, Illinois
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Dixon is a city in Lee County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The population was 15,274 as of the 2020 census. The city is named after founder John Dixon, who operated a rope ferry serv
Aerial view of Dixon, Illinois
Dixon Theatre
Ronald Reagan in Dixon, 1922
Ronald Reagan
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Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in th
Dixon, Illinois
…Dixon as "Petunia Capital of Illinois" in 1999 and "The Catfish Capital of Illinois" in 2009. Dixon was the boyhood home of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The city is also the site of the Lincoln Monument State Memorial, marking the spot where Abraham Lincoln joined the Illinois militia at Fort Dixon in…
Official portrait, 1981
From left to right: Jack (father), Neil, Ronald, and Nelle (mother) (c. 1915)
Dark Victory (1939)
Reagan at Fort Roach, between 1943 and 1944