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Born in Tampico, Illinois, and then raised in Dixon, Illinois, he moved west to follow his dreams.
CNN: Reagan praised for?'eternal faith in America'
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I've been upstairs on the phone, trying to get ahold of two celebrations, two parties that are going on, one in Tampico, Illinois, where I was born, and one in Dixon, Illinois, where I grew up.
CNN: Election Night Victory Speech
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When former President Ronald Reagan visited his birthplace in Tampico, Illinois on May 10, 1992, this tender-hearted, consummate gentleman, fast-fading with enveloping Alzheimers, wept, said curator Joan Johnson, as he laid eyes on the bed, where his mother Nelle had labored for many difficult hours, before giving birth to him on February 6, 1911.
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