Aug 10, 2022 | Nixon Speeches, Nixon Today, Republican Party
August 10th marks the 148th birthday of President Herbert Hoover. He is the earliest president with a presidential library in the National Archives system and, like the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, it is built near the site of his birthplace and...
Aug 4, 2022 | Communism, Exhibits, News
A unique experience in the special exhibit Cold War: Soviets, Spies and Secrets is being able to step into a fallout shelter. Built using authentic Cold War-era plans from a local Orange County, California, shelter, visitors get to view the full scope of preparations...
Jul 28, 2022 | Artifacts, Communism, Exhibits, News
Living under the threat of impending nuclear war was one of the defining aspects of the Cold War. Nothing makes that point so real as getting to (safely) view an authentic nuclear bomb. While the weapon is almost ten feet long and would weigh about 500 pounds when...
Jul 27, 2022 | News, News Media
Former White House Press Secretary and Fox News Contributor Ari Fleischer took to the podium in the Nixon Library’s East Room on Tuesday evening to share insight into his latest book, Suppression, Deception, Snobbery and Bias: Why the Press Gets So Much Wrong—And Just...
Jul 26, 2022 | Nixon and Celebrities, Nixon Today, Pop Culture, Presidency
Fifty years ago, President Nixon and country music star Johnny Cash met in the Oval Office to discuss prison reform. Earlier that day, July 26, 1972, Cash joined two former inmates to testify before a Senate subcommittee on national penitentiaries. During his...
