Paying Tribute to OC’s Fallen Heroes

The Nixon Library Docent Guild and the Richard Nixon Foundation paid tribute to Orange County troops who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan in a special Christmas dedication in the East Room yesterday. Family members of the fallen were invited to place ornaments...

RN & EPA

Forty years ago today, RN held a ceremony at which Chief Justice Burger swore in the first administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: William Ruckelshaus. RN said: “We are very proud to have had him in the administration in a very distinguished...

Video: Mike Huckabee Returns to Yorba Linda

On Sunday, Former Arkansas Governor and current Fox News host Mike Huckabee spoke before a packed East Room at the Nixon Library,  discussing the current state of the union, the results of the midterm election and what it means for the future of conservatism in...

Helen Boehm – RIP

Helen Boehm, the well known porcelain sculptor, died last week. She was 89. Dubbed the “Princess of Porcelain,” her sculptures can be found in the estates and palaces of foreign dignitaries and heads of state, and have been the mainstay of Presidential...

Huang Hua, 1913-2010

Huang Hua, the Chinese diplomat who helped spearhead talks that lead to President Nixon’s historic visit to Beijing died Wednesday. He was 97. Huang served as Ambassador to Egypt and Canada, and following the re-establishment of ties with the United States,...

Happy Thanksgiving from the Nixon Foundation

RN’s 1969 Thanksgiving Proclamation: On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln invited his fellow citizens to “set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of Thanksgiving…” This was the year of the battle of Gettysburg...