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U.S. Archivist David Ferriero's remarks at the Watergate exhibit press preview on March 31: Good morning, everyone. It’s a pleasure to welcome you all here to the Richard Nixon Library to view the new Watergate Gallery. A test of a nation’s commitment to transparency...

Statement by Ronald H. Walker,Chairman of the Board The Richard Nixon Foundation March 31, 2011 Nearly 40 years after President Nixon left office, Watergate remains a controversial and much-studied subject. It is however, just one chapter in the enormously...

Assistant U.S. Archivist Sharon Fawcett's remarks at the Watergate exhibit press preview on March 31: Good Morning. I’m Sharon Fawcett and I am the Assistant Archivist for Presidential Libraries. I want to welcome all of you – students, docents, staff, and the press -...

The following is a timeline showing the history of the Watergate exhibit at the Nixon Library:

When the Nixon Library opened in July 1990, the single largest exhibit devoted to one subject was Watergate. The exhibit presented President Nixon's perspective on Watergate, 16 years after he left office. It remained in place for 17 years, until it was removed in...

The new Watergate Gallery created by the National Archives opens Thursday, March 31, 2011.   The Richard Nixon Foundation was asked to comment on a draft of the exhibit’s text.  The Foundation’s response to NARA’s request was sent to Assistant Archivist for...

Thousands of Orange County youngsters and their teachers visited the Nixon Library on Wednesday for the 15th annual Orange County Children's Water Education Festival. Brought to the Nixon Library by the leadership of Congressman Gary Miller, the two day event - which...

Today, Pat Nixon would have turned 99.  As was her custom, however, she would have marked the occasion tomorrow – on St. Patrick’s Day.  As to why, her father, Will Ryan, once explained it to her brother, Bill: “Well, she was there in the morning, my St. Patrick’s...

Memorial services 11:30 am, Sunday, March 20 at the Nixon Library The Guild is mourning the loss of one of our founding Docents Alice Armstrong. Alice was a member of the Guild from the opening of the Library in 1990. She was a founding Docent, charter member and life...

Nearly 4,000 packed the Nixon Library for the celebration of the Girl Scouts' and First Lady Pat Nixon's 99th birthdays. In keeping with this year's theme of "Celebrating Differences," Orange County area scouts set up interactive booths throughout the Library for the...