Diary Entry - 11/10/1982

Key Facts
President Reagan participates in a ceremony in honor of the 207th anniversary of the US Marine Corps.
President Reagan participates in a ceremony to congratulate Ross Perot, Jr., and Jay Coburn for their record flight around the world in a helicopter.
The newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens to its first visitors in Washington, D.C.
Bud. Meeting—1st Drew Lewis on subject of 5 cent gas tax pledged to repair of hi ways & bridges. Then Dick Schweiker on medicaid & medicare. Hospital care is still on an inflation rate of 15%. These programs must be reformed or in a few years they will dominate the budget. In the afternoon 2 hours of preparing for press conference. Then at 5 P.M. Nancy & I went to the Nat. Cathedral where all day the reading of the names of those who died in Vietnam was going on. It was a moving experience—the familys, parents, widows & orphans go at the time they know the name of their loved one will be read. I should have said I started the day with a ceremony in the Rose Garden. Gen. Barrow & the Marine Drum & Bugle corps celebrating the 207th Birthday of the Marine Corps.
