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The Gipper’s Boots and Saddles

by | Oct 1, 2005 | Features & Gunfights

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Sportscaster Ronald Reagan signed onto a whole new game when the 24 year old joined the 14th Cavalry (stationed in Des Moines, Iowa), which coaxed the future president’s horsemanship skills. Reagan’s cavalry days have inspired the finest display of its kind that this military buff has ever viewed. “Lieutenant Ronald Reagan and the U.S. Cavalry: History and Hollywood”—the latest exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Foundation in Simi Valley, California—covers the


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