New Jersey Reagan Day is an all-volunteer annual tribute to the life, leadership, and legacy of President Ronald Reagan. Founded in 2004 by Assemblyman Jay Webber, New Jersey Reagan Day brings together everyday citizens, grassroots activists, and political leaders to honor the greatness of The Gipper.
Held annually in February, the month of Reagan’s birth, the event features speeches, displays of classic Reagan memorabilia, video tributes, and even a jelly bean guessing contest to recall Reagan’s favorite snack. New Jersey Reagan Day has become a standard stopping point for statewide candidates. Featured guests giving keynote tribute speeches have included John Fund of The Wall Street Journal, Stephen O’Connor of Human Events, Ed Capano of National Review, former Assistant to President Reagan Frank Donatelli, former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese, and Michael Reagan.
New Jersey Reagan Day celebrates President Reagan’s accomplishments. He won victory in the Cold War, brought fairness and sanity to the American tax code and regulatory regime, and began a resounding economic boom.
But New Jersey Reagan Day is not about mere nostalgia. What we celebrate most are President Reagan’s great intangible attributes — his forward-looking vision, his deep faith in the essential goodness and wisdom of the American people, and his firm commitment to great ideas and principles. Ronald Reagan saw and appreciated what is best about us. Like a lighthouse beacon reaching every corner of the world, President Reagan projected our nation’s greatness to the rest of the globe.
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On New Jersey Reagan Day, we believe we owe it to President Reagan and to the hundreds of millions of men, women, and children whom he protected and liberated, to say thank you and help keep President Reagan’s beacon lighted.
New Jersey Reagan Day 2012 is sponsored by Young America's Foundation and the Reagan Ranch.
