On Thursday evening during an official banquet at the Jianjang Hotel – where the Shanghai Communiqué was officially announced 41 years ago – Nixon Foundation President Sandy Quinn and Madame Li Xiaolin, President of the Chinese People’s Association For Friendship with Foreign Countries, announced that the two organizations will jointly sponsor future programs in the [...]

“41 years later, another Nixon is back,” reports NBC News’ Ian Williams from Beijing. The national network covered President Nixon’s grandson, Christopher Nixon Cox, and the Nixon Foundation delegation he led which retraced the 37th President’s steps from “the week that changed the world.” With cameras capturing some of the trip’s most memorable moments in [...]

A delegation led by President Nixon’s grandson, Christopher Nixon Cox, planted a redwood tree sapling as a gift to the people of Hangzhou. The gesture symbolizes the continued growth in the American-Chinese friendship since President Nixon first visited mainland China 40 years ago. In 1972, and again in 1993, President Nixon planted similar saplings that [...]

On Friday, China State Councilor Yang Jiechi received a delegation that included President Nixon’s grandson Christopher Nixon Cox, and former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane at a glittering dinner in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. State Councilor Yang held a private discussion with the delegation which was preceded by a panel comprised [...]

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi toasted RN during a banquet at the Great Hall of the People Friday, May 3, receiving the 37th President’s grandson, Christopher Nixon Cox, and a VIP delegation including Nixon White House officials, and Foundation executives, members, and volunteers. Premier Zhou en-Lai hosted the President at the same venue in 1972, [...]

The new web exhibit is a journey through Richard Nixon’s life that shows him as a man who rose from humble beginnings to become the 37th President and peacemaker of his time.

Patriot. President. Peacemaker, the Richard Nixon Centennial exhibit, is a visually stunning journey through Richard Nixon’s life that shows him as a man who rose from humble beginnings to become the 37th President and one of the most important figures of the 20th Century. See the exhibit online at NIXON100.ORG. The exhibit features five main [...]

Ambassador/Consul General Qiu Shaofang of the People’s Republic of China hosted the 40-member delegation that will travel to China on the Nixon Centennial Legacy Journey at his residence in Los Angeles. “We cannot think of a better way to celebrate the Centennial of President Nixon,” said Ambassador Qiu. “Richard Nixon’s visit changed the course of history,” [...]

After beginning his public service career under President Nixon as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Dick Thornburgh revisited the Nixon presidency with a stop at the Nixon Library on April 21. Following his service under Nixon, Thornburgh served two terms as governor of Pennsylvania from 1979-1987 and was appointed U.S. Attorney General [...]

Expert political memorabilia collectors were on hand to buy, sell and appraise campaign buttons, ribbons, posters, autographs, photographs and more on Saturday, April 20. The event was presented by the American Political Items Collectors (APIC), a non-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting the collection, preservation and study of materials relating to political campaigns and the [...]

The Spring 2013 edition of the Legacy & Vision newsletter is now online and coming soon to your doorstep! Live the bicoastal Richard Nixon Centennial Birthday Celebrations, read about the special new exhibit Patriot. President. Peacemaker, the Nixon Centennial Legacy Campaign and preview upcoming special events, including Sec. Donald Rumsfeld and Apollo Astronaut Buzz Aldrin. [...]

Clinton adviser and crisis manager Lanny Davis was “extremely moved” by his recent visit to the Nixon Presidential Library to talk his new book, CRISIS TALES: Five Rules for Coping With Crises in Business, Politics and Life on April 17. Davis recalled the words President Clinton used to describe his relationship with Richard Nixon. “I called [...]

  More than 250 local seventh grade students were recognized for achieving high scores on world geography tests administered by the Nixon Library Docent Guild. The April 16 program marked the 19th annual Geography Awards, which stands as a tribute to President Nixon’s lifelong interest in foreign affairs. Colonel Jack Brennan, who traveled the world [...]

Best-selling author and radio talk-show host Larry Elder writes about the relationship between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Richard Nixon in a column for Town Hall. Elder also interviewed Bob Bostock co-curator and co-author of the Richard Nixon Centennial exhibit about the background on Nixon and King. Listen to the interview here: larryelder.com. Here is an [...]

On Wednesday, April 10, talk radio superstars Hugh Hewitt and Michael Medved were joined in the East Room by Ben Shapiro, editor-at-large of Breitbart.com,  for “The Conservative Resurrection,” a discussion on how the Republican Party can win again. The event was presented by THE ANSWER – talk radio stations AM870 and AM590. Watch the full [...]

“This exhibit is awesome, brilliant!” said syndicated talk radio host Michael Medved as he toured the Richard Nixon Centennial exhibit, Patriot. President. Peacemaker. He took time to tour the exhibit after broadcasting his nationally syndicated radio show live from the Nixon Library. Medved is on stage tonight with Hugh Hewitt, Ben Shapiro and Brian Whitman [...]

A special delegation of former Nixon White House officials and Foundation supporters will make history as VIP guests at Beijing’s Olympic Stadium for the Nixon-Mao Friendship Bowl, the first ever professional football game played in China. The May 4 exhibition game will pit teams consisting of professional American football players and coaches, and features a [...]

“If anyone else assumed that role, the American presidency would look very different today,” said Sean Thomas, Director of Leadership Programs for the Fred W. Smith National Library at Mount Vernon, about America’s First President George Washington. An engaged audience at the Nixon Library learned about the facets of George Washington’s leadership, before having the [...]

Mark Lijek, one the of six employees of the American Embassy in Iran who was rescued in the 1979 hostage crisis, toured the Nixon Presidential Library. His story, and that of the rescue, was told in ARGO, the 2013 Academy Award’s Best Picture. He was accompanied by Dr. Michael Moodian, chairman of the World Affairs [...]