One room of the Air Force One Pavilion under construction at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library has the unmistakable odor of strong beer. But library officials have a good excuse.
They've been using the room as a temporary storage unit for hundreds of pieces of an Irish pub that was dismantled in the hometown of Ronald Reagan's ancestors and brought to Simi Valley. It will be reassembled at the library, under the nose of the giant Boeing 707 that once ferried the late president around the globe.
When the Pavilion opens, probably in October, visitors will be able to sit at the bar where Reagan himself enjoyed a pint of Smithwicks ale more than 20 years ago on a visit to the ancestral village of Ballyporeen, County Tipperary.
