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One Who Has “Dared Greatly”
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives...
Historians Seek 1975’s Grand Jury Testimony
For eleven hours on June 23 and 24, 1975, President Nixon, ten months past his resignation and living in San Clemente, appeared before two members of a Federal grand jury and staff prosecutors of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, and, under oath, answered...
Join the RN Alumni Association Today
Registration for the Nixon Foundation Alumni Directory is now available online! At only $25, sign in and stay in touch with friends and co-workers from the Nixon years. We will also forward you a hard copy of the first published Alumni Directory and send you updates...
Nixon Library Unveils “Treasures from the Vault”
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library has just unveiled its new special exhibit, "Treasures from the Vault," a trove of precious gifts given to President and First Lady Nixon from world leaders, foreign dignitaries and heads of state. The selection from a volume of...
Religion and the 1960 Election
Today was the 50th anniversary of JFK's famous address to Greater Houston Ministerial Association, in which he reaffirmed his belief in the separation of church and state. This occasion raises the question of whether his Catholicism help or hurt in his 1960 race...
Video: Marine Honored on 9/11
Hundreds gathered in the East Room at the Nixon Library on the ninth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 for a special Bronze Star medal presentation to the family of Marine Corporal Claudio Patiño IV, 22, a Yorba Linda hero who was killed in battle in...
Remembering 9/11
[youtube https://youtu.be/INLttOrLhcI] September 11, 2010: Bronze Star presentation to the parents of Marine Cpl. Claudio Patino IV, a Yorba Linda resident killed in action in Afghanistan. Remarks by Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens and RN Deputy Special...
President Nixon’s Bestsellers
As I write, the lead news story at Yahoo concerns one of the most keenly anticipated new books of the fall - George W. Bush's Decision Points, scheduled for November publication by Crown. This AP article, by Douglass K. Daniel, discusses the expectations in the...
RN and the Arts
In the 1960 campaign, the magazine Musical America sent the presidential candidates a brief questionnaire about arts policy. Fifty years ago today, RN replied: Our great lack today is not sources of subsidy or an honest desire to promote the arts, but a program for...
Robert Ingersoll, R.I.P.
Robert Ingersoll, former Chairman and CEO of manufacturer Borg-Warner and RN's U.S. Ambassador to Japan, passed away on August 22. He was 96: Mr. Ingersoll was chairman and chief executive of the Chicago-based Borg-Warner Corporation when President Richard M. Nixon...