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...President, looking relieved that the painful moment had passed, applauded. He did not respond to Wiesel's plea not to lay a wreath at Bitburg. Moments before, Reagan had eloquently expressed his view that Americans have pledged more than "Never again"; they have also pledged "Never forget." Yet in indirect reference to the cemetery visit that has embroiled his presidency in its most emotional controversy, he also declared, "There is a spirit of reconciliation between the peoples of the Allied nations and the people of Germany and between the soldiers who fought each other on the battlefields of Europe. That...
Veterans' groups, acknowledging that Reagan has been a good friend of the military, were more restrained in their protests. "It would not sit well with American veterans for the President to lay a wreath at the graves of Nazi soldiers," said Clarence M. Bacon, national commander of the American Legion...
Reagan could have blunted the controversy by admitting he had made a mistake. He could have canceled the wreath-laying ceremony at the cemetery and simply given a speech outlining his commitment to American-German amity. The reason he had not done so by week's end apparently stemmed from his concern for Kohl, who would lose face if Reagan backed out of the Bitburg ceremony...
...German residents and the 10,600 Americans connected with the U.S. air base there have come to associate with their haven in the Eifel hills near the Luxembourg border. Each year since the cemetery was consecrated in 1959, American and French military officials have joined Germans in a wreath-laying ceremony at Kolmeshöhe. This year Ronald Reagan intends to place a wreath there, and late last week, the cemetery guard had just finished polishing the headstones in anticipation of the President's stop...
...Christmas pageant rehearsal on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, she was not concerned with any of that. Instead, she was unpacking a shimmering, silver gown with two large cardboard wings trimmed with gold stars that she will Velcro to her shoulders a couple of weeks from now. A floral wreath, spray-painted gold, will bedeck her head. All eyes will be upon her. But the costume will not be the draw. In the Arlington Heights pageant, she will play the angel who carries the baby Jesus to the manger at the front of the sanctuary...