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Vault Visit | Ronald Reagan visits Charlotte in 1968

He was in town to attend a fundraising dinner to get James Gardner elected as governor.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — This year... WFMY News 2 turns 75! So to celebrate... We're opening the WFMY News 2 vault. 

On May 21, 1968... WFMY News 2 reported on then-governor Ronald Reagan's stop in Charlotte!

Reagan spoke to journalists at a Charlotte hotel on May 20th. 

He was in town to attend a fundraising dinner to get James Gardner elected as governor.

Reagan was not running for president at the time. 

He didn't run for president until 1976.

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