On March 30, 1981, 70 days into his presidency, President Ronald Reagan was shot outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. | American Experience | PBS

"America is FREE!" - President Ronald Reagan • It's time to teach our children, and remind ourselves, what it means to be a true American. This great nation has freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise, and FREEDOM is special and rare. Freedom is fragile and we need to do a better job at protecting it. We need to teach what is IMPORTANT and not what is in "fashion." It's time to remember what it took to make America free and to never forget it. • We are proud to be Americans