Ronald Reagan accepts the nomination to be the Republican candidate for the 1980 presidential election on July 17, in Detroit, MI.
Upon entering the White House in January 1981, Ronald Reagan used to joke he was already accustomed to "living above the store" – a wry reference to his birth on Feb. 6, 1911, inside a second-floor apartment in a Tampico, Ill., building that housed a bakery.
It’s been 110 years since Nelle and Jack Reagan welcomed "Dutch" into the world, and 17 years since his death of Alzheimer’s disease in 2004. But the ensuing years have been friendly to the 40th president’s historic legacy, his status and stature rising with each presidential administration.