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President Nixon’s Service and Leadership Remembered at Birthday Commemoration
On Friday, January 10, 2025, guests filled the Pat Nixon Amphitheater at the Nixon Library for a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating President Nixon’s 112th birthday. Featured speakers Rear Admiral Robert Nowakowski, Deputy Commander, Naval Education and Training...
Everett Alvarez, Jr., Naval Aviator and Longest Held POW in North Vietnam, Awarded Nation’s Highest Honor- the Congressional Gold Medal
Commander Everett Alvarez, Jr. (USN Retired) pictured with Tricia Nixon Cox, the eldest daughter of President and Mrs. Nixon, his wife, Tammy Alvarez, and former U.S. Senator Tom Carper (left to right) at 50th anniversary of the White House homecoming celebration...
Leaders in Cancer Research and Care Converging at Annual Nixon National Cancer Conference with Focus on Communications and Trust Within the Cancer Community
The fourth annual Nixon National Cancer Conference will be held at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on January 15 and 16, 2025. First convened at the Nixon Library on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the National Cancer Act of 1971, the Nixon...
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America’s Airlift in the 1973 Yom Kippur War
By the evening October 9, 1973, President Nixon ordered the commencement of Operation Nickel Grass, the American airlift to resupply the Israelis of military equipment lost in the war.Summary On October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel to...
Special Message for the 50th Anniversary of the DEA
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon’s Reorganization Plan No. 2 consolidated drug control efforts that had previously been spread out over multiple cabinet agencies and bureaus into one agency—the DEA. Learn more about the history and ongoing mission of the DEA...
The Origin of National Vietnam War Veterans Day
On March 29, 1973, the last American combat troops left Vietnam. That evening, President Nixon addressed the American people from the Oval Office declaring, “Tonight, the day we have all worked and prayed for has finally come.” He goes on to say, “For the first time...
The Richard Nixon Foundation
The Richard Nixon Foundation applies the legacy and vision of President Richard Nixon to defining issues that face our nation and the world today. The Yorba Linda-based Foundation actively encourages and supports scholarship, sponsors in-person and online programs that engage the public with American civics, creates and promotes educational programs and exhibits rooted in American history, and fosters discussion and debate about America’s thirty-seventh president.
