News
4.11.69 – RN Names Virginia Knauer to Head Consumer Affairs
Forty-two years ago today, RN named consumer affairs expert Virginia Knauer to the top position in the federal government on consumer affairs. In a ceremony in the Rose Garden, the President watched as Mrs. Knauer was sworn in as his Special Assistant for Consumer...
17 April 1970: RN Welcomes The Man In Black to the White House
President Nixon became acquainted with Johnny Cash through their mutual friend Billy Graham. On 17 April 1970, at the President’s invitation, the Man in Black gave a concert for an invited audience in the East Room of the White House. Cash had married his Opry...
Issa, Nixon, and Obama
Representative Darrell Issa, chair of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee, has suggested that the Obama adminstration is too "Nixonian" in its approach to government transparency. But when it comes to foreign policy, says Mr. Issa, it is not Nixonian...
Cambodian New Year Celebrated at Nixon Library
Hundreds came to celebrate the coming of the Cambodia New Year Friday in the East Room of the Nixon Library where events included traditional dances by performers from the Khmer Arts Academy, remarks by author and political commentator Bruce Herschensohn, and a...
Foundation Hosts U.S. Archivist, Assistant Archivist
Coinciding with the opening of the NARA Watergate exhibit, the Nixon Foundation hosted a luncheon today to honor the Archivist of the United States, Mr. David S. Ferriero, as well as the Assistant Archivist for Presidential Libraries, Ms. Sharon Fawcett. Prior to...
Remarks by U.S. Archivist David Ferriero on Watergate Exhibit
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 on Opening of Watergate Gallery
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...
Remarks by Assistant U.S. Archivist Sharon Fawcett on Watergate Exhibit
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 -...
Watergate at the Nixon Library Timeline
The following is a timeline showing the history of the Watergate exhibit at the Nixon Library:
The Draft of the Original Watergate Exhibit
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...