At this morning’s meeting of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board, new chair and former postmaster general Jack Potter announced that, as promised, a statue of Ronald Reagan will be unveiled at the airport on November 1.

The Gipper’s bronze likeness, for which planning and design reportedly cost around $445,000, will greet travelers and passers-by from a primo spot in front of Terminal A.

If it were up to us, we’d just have the inscription read “well.” You know, because he said that a lot.