REAGAN LIBRARY WILL HOST HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES.Byline: Daily News SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - Special festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. , including presidential look-alikes, a reading of the Gettysburg Address Gettysburg Address, speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. It is one of the most famous and most quoted of modern speeches. and historical storytelling, will be offered Monday in celebration of Presidents Day at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs . The library will host activities for the whole family, including a kids' discovery area featuring entertaining and educational games. Hot dogs, cherry pie Cherry pie is a pie made with a cherry filling. Morello cherries (sour cherries) are often used in cherry pies. Cherries are expensive — and sweet varieties are best used eaten fresh and raw. Sour cherries are best for cooking and may be used fresh or preserved. and other all-American food will be on sale. Actors dressed as Reagan, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln will mingle with the crowd. And an Abigail Adams look-alike will discuss what it was like to be the wife and mother of a president. Ventura storyteller Jim Woodard will offer two little-known stories about Lincoln. ``I've been their resident storyteller since 1995, and I've done all the Presidents Days,'' Woodard said. ``It's a family thing. I can't think of a better place for a family outing on Presidents Day than the Presidential Library.'' IF YOU GO The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors, $2 for ages 11 to 17, and free for ages 10 and under. Call (800) 410-8354. CAPTION(S): box Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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