Politics / Ronald Reagan Reagan Statue Unveiled on Hill Bronze statue graces Capitol rotunda By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Jun 3, 2009 12:52 PM CDT Copied Former First Lady Nancy Reagan walks to the podium with former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, left, and a Capitol police officer during a ceremony to unveil a statue of her husband. (AP Photo) An overjoyed and teary-eyed Nancy Reagan watched with delight as a bronze statue of her beloved late husband Ronald Reagan was unveiled at the US Capitol today. Reagan-era policymakers also looked on in the Capitol's Rotunda as blue cloth was pulled to reveal a 7-foot statue that casts the 40th president flashing his legendary aw-shucks grin. (More Ronald Reagan stories.) Report an error