The real tragedy at Yalta, as told by Richard Nixon.
When President Nixon took office in 1969, inflation, excessive balance of payments deficits and a dwindling gold supply placed significant pressure on the value of the US dollar and the American economy. It was due to these factors that President Nixon made one of his most consequential decisions in office.
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- First Lady Pat Nixon
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Orange County business, political and community leaders gathered at La Casa Pacifica, once known as The Western White House, in San Clemente to celebrate 100 years of the seaside home as a stage on which countless decisions, events and moments of consequence have unfolded.
Ninetta and Gavin Herbert, Sr. —who have owned and cared for the historic home and grounds for 46 years— hosted 130 guests on July 11, 2026 for an evening celebrating the home’s historical significance and stressing the need for its long-term preservation. The Richard Nixon Foundation co-presented the evening’s event.
Gavin Herbert said: “We’re here to reflect on the extraordinary history of this property —the key events, decisions, and conversations that have taken place here over the last 100 years— and to ensure that this historic site remains protected from development for generations to come.”
Herbert also said: “Our goal is clear: it is to preserve the integrity, character and legacy of this extraordinary site.”
The evening’s Guests of Honor were Governor and Mrs. Pete Wilson. Wilson served as Governor of California from 1991 to 1999 and served two terms in the United States Senate representing California from 1983 to 1991.
Melanie Eisenhower, the granddaughter of President and Mrs. Nixon and great-granddaughter of President and Mrs. Eisenhower, delivered remarks.
Eisenhower said: “I feel with special and perhaps unique intensity, the importance of protecting and preserving our history and our heritage. It’s especially important to have places like Casa Pacifica —real, tangible, oases of history— standing amidst today’s fast-paced, highly disposable, live-for-today, obsessed-about-tomorrow, forget-about-yesterday culture.”
Keynote remarks were delivered by Hugh Hewitt, Fox News Contributor, nationally-syndicated radio host and two-time President and CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation. Hewitt worked at La Casa Pacifica with President Nixon from 1978 to 1980.
Hewitt said: “The original plan was for this to be [the site of] the Nixon Library, but of course the abrupt end of the administration left us without a plan… I’m just so grateful to Gavin and Ninetta and to the Herbert fami
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Richard Nixon on what an ideal president looks like.
"A country is only as great and only as strong as its adherence to lasting ideals is great and strong and firm."
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