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An open
letter to Mrs. Reagan.
The
following is a log of my activities yesterday, during your
beloved Husband's funeral. I hope that after reading this
letter and the message that I wrote today, that you will
understand why I am parting with two of the most prized
possessions of my life.
June 11,
2004
My day
started off great. I had finally finished, after over a
month of effort, the painting of an authentic Hoosier
cabinet. We took it to the shipper and sent it on its way to
a client in New York. It was finally out of our entry way
/dining area at last. We could now walk from Tony's side of
the house to my side of the house without the obstacle
course, of brushes, paints, tape, and towels strung
everywhere.
Today I
decided to get up at 6 am, before my Darling Husband Tony
arose , and clean the painting area, before going to town
for shopping and coming home to start on the backlogged
commissons.
By now I
had missed the day's events in Washington and I really
wanted to watch the ending ceremonies this evening.
All went
fine until President Reagan and his family arrived in
California for the final leg of his journey. I laughed with
all the stories his children told of their Father.
Then with
the final act of the day, after the gun salute, and after
the dramatic airplane departure, I left my chair, and stood
close to the television screen, watching intently while
Nancy received the flag, approached the casket, kissed and
patted the shiny wood of his final home. As she began to sob
I too cried and remembered how I had felt when my first
husband Jim Hall died.
I had
never thought too much about the letter that President
Reagan had sent me, while he was in the hospital from the
assassination attempt, and postmarked the day he was
released to go back to the White House after a copy of it
was used on the romance sheet with the lithograph of Dodie's
Gate that was given to the new owner of each print.
It has
been kept in a safe deposit box all these years.
President
Reagan gave to many, many things.to many many people.. me
included...aleeta rachel
June 12,
2004
Today,
there has been a lot of discussion about my Dodie's Gate
original oil painting, and the letter that your all giving
husband sent to me.
My sons
say, " Sell the original oil painting Dodie's Gate and
the personal letter from President Reagan, that goes with
the print. "
So
therefore, I am placing my original, one of a kind , oil
painting, and the original signed letter, from President
Reagan, on ebay for sale with a 1,000.000.00 dollar reserve,
for the following reasons.
1. I am
in the last Chapter of my life.
2. I
could enjoy seeing my sons use the money, for necessities
,now while I am alive. Aleeta R. Hall/Long Aleeta R.
Hall/Long
On this
auction you will be winning 3 ITEMS,
an
original oil painting, titled,DODIE'S GATE, the original
letter from President Reagan talking about this painting,
and a signed print of my original oil painting titled , THE
DAY LIBERTY CRIED.
The story
behind President Reagan's letter.
Remember
how you felt the day that President Reagan took office and
our hostages in Iran
were
released.
I was so
happy that our prayers were finally answered and our people
were coming home, that I took the number 81 or my first
newly released lithograph of the print of DODIE'S GATE,
number 81 for the year 1981...and sent it to President
Reagan.
I felt
with the release of our Americans from Iran
that we
were finally out of the mud puddles of worrying about our
Americans, and looking forward to a brighter horizon of
bringing them home.
The
letter that I sent to President Reagan, made use of the
above metaphors. President Reagan responded with the letter
below also printed on the Romance Sheet. This original
letter from him was written while he was in the hospital
from the assassination attempt. The letter is postmarked on
the day he was released from the hospital to go back to the
White House.
Now for
the story behind the original oil painting. The reason I
painted the painting is described also on the Romance Sheet.
The
reason it was named Dodie's Gate. is stated in the following
words.
My
husband Jim, our son J.C. and I resided in the beautiful
Omaha, Nebraska, when our son, Joseph was conceived and
born.
My friend
across the street, a new mother too, and I quit our jobs and
to stay home with our new babies. We studied oil paintings
under a famous artist named Oscar Sormani.
Once I
had the know how of to use the oils , I created paintings,
paintings, and more paintings.
Another
friend, Dodie Billig, who lived down the street, came to see
Joseph, and when she saw all the paintings, she asked,
"
Why are you not selling these paintings? "
My
response was, "Who would buy them?"
She soon
had me displaying paintings,selling paintings,
and
donating paintings for worthy causes.
That was
the start of my artistic career.
Therefore
when I had my first painting created into lithographs for
signed and numbered prints , I named it after Dodie, hence
DODIE'S GATE.
Thank you
Dodie, for without you , I may never have embarked on such a
wonderful career.
THE DAY THAT LIBERTY CRIED
9/11/01"... 
WAS SOLD ON EBAY'S AUCTION AMERICA, whereby all
the funds went to our New York Friends.
The
following quotation accompanied the painting on the Ebay
give away listing. ".....I see the world being slowly
transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching
thunder...I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I
look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will
change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that
peace and tranquility will return once more." .....Anne
Frank, July 15, 1944
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