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Announcing the First Lady Pat Nixon Memorial Highway
On Thursday, March 16, the First Lady Pat Nixon Memorial Highway was officially dedicated at Pat Nixon Park in Cerritos, California, the hometown of the former First Lady. Recently, the California State Legislature designated a 2.5 mile stretch of the 91 Freeway...
CAPTURED: Shot Down in Vietnam at The Nixon Library
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! During the Vietnam War, hundreds of American aviators were shot down, imprisoned, tortured, and beaten in North Vietnam. They experienced the harshest conditions imaginable as Prisoners of War. For as many as eight long years, the Vietnam POWs...
Nixon Library to Host the Nation’s Official 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Homecoming of America’s POWs from Vietnam
Fifty years ago, the Vietnam War was ended by President Nixon and nearly 600 Prisoners of War came home to their families. Five decades after that extraordinary and emotional homecoming, the Richard Nixon Foundation will host the official celebration of the 50th...
Secretary Mike Pompeo Returns to the Nixon Library to Discuss His Best-selling Memoir
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo returned a capacity crowd at the Nixon Library this week to discuss his New York Times bestselling memoir, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love. Nationally-syndicated radio host and Nixon Foundation board member...
Nixon Foundation to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords
On January 26, the Richard Nixon Foundation will host a commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords. This virtual event features two panel discussions as well as keynote remarks from Dr. Mark Moyar, William P. Harris Chair of Military History...
TopGun Founder, Captain Dan Pedersen, Highlights Cold War Exhibit While Reflecting on His Memoirs
In the second event of a series to highlight the special exhibit Cold War: Soviets, Spies and Secrets, Captain Dan “Yank” Pedersen talked about his bestselling memoir, TopGun: An American Story, a firsthand account of the creation of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons...
Douglas Brinkley Reflects on President Nixon’s Environmental Legacy
In the first month of Richard Nixon’s presidency, an oil spill occurred off the coast of Santa Barbara, CA, placing an emphasis on the need for environmental legislation.Bestselling author and presidential historian Douglas Brinkley came to the Nixon Library this week...
President Nixon’s 110th Birthday Celebration
On January 9, the Richard Nixon Foundation commemorated President Nixon’s 110th birthday with a wreath laying ceremony at the memorials of the President and First Lady. Captain Jessica O’Brien, commanding officer at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach presented the...
Announcing a Partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute to Provide Teacher Training in American Civics
The Richard Nixon Foundation announces a partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute to host a summer teacher seminar for K–12 teachers to participate in a weeklong professional development event on-site at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba...
Watch a Holiday Message from Ambassador Robert C. O’Brien
Ambassador Robert C. O’Brien, Chairman of the Richard Nixon Foundation Board of Directors, extends holiday greetings in this message celebrating 2022 and looking ahead to the new year.