At Reagan Library, a Tribute to Symbols of the Presidency

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In the high chaparral, where the Simi Hills take on the color and muscular contours of a mountain lion, Ronald Reagan's final resting place is right behind his expansive library and museum, with spectacular views of valleys, mountains and, on a clear day, the Pacific Ocean and islands 20 miles away.

Here, at 1,177 3/4 feet above sea level, the 100-acre hilltop campus spares no detail, befitting a politician-actor whose mastery of showmanship was honed in Hollywood and later burnished in the California governor's office and the White House.

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At Reagan Library, a Tribute to Symbols of the Presidency

There's an actual-size Oval Office, furnished with the same Remington bronze cowboy statuary, family photos, and chair that the 40th president used on the job. And, yes, there are jellybeans, Reagan's signature treat.

Reagan died at his ...

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