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Nixon Library Offers Sensational Gardens and Garden Tours

With the flowers soon to be in full bloom, the Richard Nixon Foundation is highlighting the Nixon Library’s sprawling gardens, featuring...

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The Legacy Of Pat Nixon

The woman who entered her role by saying that she simply wanted to go down in history as “the wife of a President” accomplished...

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RN’s 1960 Acceptance Speech

Fifty years ago this week, RN accepted the Republican Party’s 1960 presidential nomination.  One passage in his acceptance speech is striking: And now I want to speak to you of another kind of aggression, aggression without war, where the aggressor comes...

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RN’s Early Efforts For Middle East Peace

Since his entrance onto the international stage as Vice President under President Eisenhower, President Nixon strived to maintain a healthy relationship with Middle Eastern leaders, particularly Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran. At the time of his ascension...

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Video: Ingraham Opens “The Obama’s Diaries”

Nearly 1,000 people packed the East Room at the Nixon Library Monday night to see radio talk show host and Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham discuss and autograph her #1 New York Times bestseller, The Obama Diaries, a satire on President Obama’s ambitious...

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Video: The Birth of the Nixon Doctrine

As the Apollo XI crew prepared for its final descent back into Earth’s atmosphere, President Nixon embarked on a world tour to visit islands in the southern Pacific and countries on mainland Eurasia. The trip also allowed Nixon to greet the Apollo XI astronauts...

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Daniel Schorr and “Follow the Money”

Daniel Schorr, who just passed away, performed a valuable service to Nixon buffs by discovering that Deep Throat never really said “follow the money.”  While writing one of his NPR commentaries years ago, he wanted to find out where it appeared in...

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OC Register: Western White House opens to Nixon love

David Whiting – the OC Register’s front page columnist – writes about last weeks 20th anniversary reunion at La Casa Pacifica Men and women who once served “at the pleasure of the president” walk the grounds of Richard Nixon’s...

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Board Announces Chairman, New Members

Yorba Linda July 21, 2010:  The board of directors of the Richard Nixon Foundation elected a new chairman and three new members this week as hundreds gathered in Yorba Linda to attend events celebrating the 20th anniversary of the grand opening of the library...

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Thomas Jefferson Talks About America’s Founding

President Thomas Jefferson educated youngsters in the Nixon Library’s East Room, where he recited the Declaration of Independence, explained the passages to the young audience, and taught them how the Declaration is relevant today. Jefferson’s presentation...

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Video: Celebration Weekend Ends in a Tribute to RN

Former RN speechwriter and TV/Movie Superstar Ben Stein capped the Nixon Library’s 20th anniversary weekend with a glowing tribute to his former boss at an East Room gala dinner Saturday night. Stein discussed working in the RN White House and gave a staunch...

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Video: How Will RN Be Remembered?

Continuing the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, a Nixon Legacy Forum on President Nixon’s whole legacy was held in the Nixon Library Theater. How Will Richard Nixon be Remembered: The Legacy of the 37th President...

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Homecoming at La Casa Pacifica

Nixon family, friends, administration alumni, and Foundation supporters gathered at the President and First Lady’s home in San Clemente on Friday evening for an unforgettable poolside dinner and anecdotes from those who knew them best. Allergan and Roger’s...

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Nixon Library In The OC Register

This weekend marks the twentieth anniversary of the opening of the Richard Nixon Library, and the Orange County Register today devotes three articles to it.  In one article, reporter Jessica Terrell describes the events planned to mark the occasion this weekend,...

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Nixon Family, Vietnam Hero Open Library’s 20th Anniversary

Visitors came to pay their respects to President and Mrs. Nixon at the opening of the Nixon Library’s 20th Anniversary Friday, as daughter Tricia Nixon Cox laid a wreath at their memorial sites of her parents. Cox was escorted by the President’s younger...

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41 Years Ago – Apollo XI

The historical launch of Apollo 11, a NASA project to land the first humans on the moon and return them safely to Earth, occurred on July 16, 1969, at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:32 AM EST. On the eve of the launch, President Nixon expressed to the Apollo 11...

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7.15.1971 – RN Accepts Invitation to China

Although President Nixon’s speech on the 15th of July, 1971, only lasted three and a half minutes, it produced one of the greatest diplomatic surprises of the century. He began his speech in a Burbank, California, television studio at precisely 7:30pm. The purpose...

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