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President Nixon’s Private Study

President Nixon’s Private Study – a part of the room from his New Jersey home, exhibited as it was on April 18, 1994,...

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Pat Nixon Centennial Exhibit: People Were Her Project

People were her Project A New Special Exhibit – Honoring the Centennial of First Lady Pat Nixon ★ 1912 – 2012 Opening...

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The First Lady

“St. Patrick’s Babe in the Morning”

Thelma Catherine Ryan was born in the late hours of March 16, 1912 in a miner’s shack in the small town of Ely, Nevada to William...

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Video: RN’s Vision for the All-Volunteer Force

On Thursday, the Foundation and National Archives hosted Nixon campaign and White House officials who worked with President Nixon to end the draft and create the modern, professional, and all-volunteer force fighting for America today.

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Roy Ash 1918-2012

Roy Ash, former Nixon White House Budget Director and Chairman of President’s Advisory Council on Executive Reorganization, died last month. He was 93. Bloomberg has more:

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RN at 99, PN at 100

Family, friends, and close aides celebrated President Nixon’s 99th birthday at the Nixon Library and around the country Monday. The ceremonies also inaugurated the centennial of First Lady Pat Nixon, who turns 100 this March. The all-day events began at the...

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The War On Cancer After Forty Years

Tomorrow, December 23, marks four decades since President Nixon put his pen to paper and signed into law the National Cancer Act of 1971, which marks one of the most important and imperishable legacies of his Administration. It dramatically increased funding to...

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Tricia Nixon Cox En Vogue

Our President’s daughter was invited to join actress Meryl Streep in the lead feature of January’s Vogue Magazine! The story and photo essay detail a bipartisan group of women who are spearheading the campaign for a National Women’s History...

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Interview: RN Speech Writer Talks New Memoir

From the school house to the White House: In an exclusive interview with TNN, William Gavin recounts his storybook rise from high school English teacher to presidential wordsmith, and how he honed his craft as a protégé of America’s 37th President. His...

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Foundation Honors OC’s Fallen Heroes

The Richard Nixon Foundation honored Orange County’s heroes who lost their lives in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam. The OC Register’s Scott Martindale reports: One by one, the mothers and fathers stepped forward to receive a hug, a thank you and a Christmas...

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“The Reagan Democrats were a Creation of Richard Nixon”

The Richard Nixon Foundation and the National Archives co-presented a Nixon Legacy Forum in Washington Monday. The subject was the Nixon Administration’s relationship with organized labor, and how they sought a just and more equitable workplace, while balancing...

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This Year’s Ideal Gifts For Your Favorite Nixon Fan

It is less than two weeks before Christmas, and no doubt some readers of this blog, for whom no holiday season is complete without some gifts that bring the thirty-seventh President to mind, are a little nervous. Let’s say you’ve given everyone you...

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Bill Livingood Retiring

One of the longest serving House Sergeant-at-Arms and former Secret Service agent Bill Livingood is retiring after five decades of public service. Politico reports:

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New(t) Gingrich: 2012′s New Nixon?

During this month the big political story on the Republican side of the 2012 presidential race has been the steady upward move of former Rep. Newt Gingrich in opinion polls.  Following a rather shaky start, his ability to display his wide knowledge of policy topics...

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Conrad Black: Nixon Half Way to Mt. Rushmore

At National Review, author Conrad Black writes that America’s 37th President was one of the best ever:

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