Thomas Starr King in his former glory in the U.S. Capitol before being usurped by Ronald Reagan. It is sad that Thomas Starr King has been demoted from his place as one of California’s icons in the U.S.Capitol’s Statuary Hall . He was replaced by another transplant—King was a New Yorker — Illinois’ own Ronald Reagan . Reagan, the highest saint in the pantheon of conservative Republicans, is not bereft of memorials. Even before he died Congressional... read more
