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Celebrating First Lady Pat Nixon with Community Involvement
On March 16, 1912 — 113 years ago — First Lady Pat Nixon was born, just one day shy of St. Patrick’s Day. Her Irish father, Will Ryan, decided to observe her birthday one day late, dubbing her “my St. Patrick’s Babe in the morning.” Continuing the tradition started by...
Middle School Civics Champions Compete at the First National Civics Bee® in California
From the writings of America’s founders to landmark Supreme Court cases and constitutional amendments, twenty middle schoolers showcased their mastery of civics knowledge in the inaugural National Civics Bee® competition in the state of California at the Nixon Library...
From White House Restoration to Global Impact: Using Archives to Explore the Role of the Modern First Lady
On March 11, 2025, the Richard Nixon Foundation partnered with the National Archives and Records Administration for First Ladies & The White House: Initiatives and Impacts. This second annual symposium gathered historians, authors and Nixon Administration...
President Trump Taps Seven Nixon Seminar Members for Key Positions
Seven members of the Nixon Seminar on National Security and Conservative Realism have been tapped for senior roles in the Trump Administration, showcasing the seminar’s influence on national security policy. Nixon Seminar Co-chair Ambassador Robert C. O’Brien...
Building a Roadmap for Navigating AI: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt on Working with Henry Kissinger to Apply Emerging Technologies to Foreign Policy
Technologist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and former Google Chairman & CEO Eric Schmidt visited the Nixon Library on March 4, 2025, to talk about the emerging and quickly-evolving technology of artificial intelligence while focusing on the process of writing two...
FIRST LADIES & THE WHITE HOUSE: INITIATIVES AND IMPACT
THE RICHARD NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM AND RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION HOST SYMPOSIUM THAT EXPLORES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FIRST LADY’S ROLE AND THE WHITE HOUSE IN AMERICAN CULTURE. YORBA LINDA, CA – The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum and the...
Nixon Foundation President Takes Leave to Manage U.S. National Archives
President Donald J. Trump has announced that Jim Byron will serve as Senior Advisor to Acting Archivist, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Byron, who has led the Nixon Foundation as President and...
Announcing the 2025 Grand Strategy Summit
Join the Richard Nixon Foundation's flagship policy conference in Washington, D.C. As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the Grand Strategy Summit offers a unique opportunity to reaffirm America’s founding principles through bold strategy and...
Remembering Anne Walker: She Stitched It Straight
by Frank Gannon, Former Special Assistant to President Nixon Anne Walker usually had a twinkle in her always observant eye. She was alert to the beauty and wonder of the world while on the alert for anything that was foolish or pompous or fraudulent. Circa 2007,...
Remembering Anne Collins Walker
Anne Collins Walker, age 85, of Tucson, AZ and Jackson, WY, passed away on January 21, 2025. Anne was a deeply devoted wife to The Honorable Ronald H. Walker for 66 years and a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend who touched the lives of many with her...