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Remembering John Hamilton
STATEMENT FROM DR. JAMES H. CAVANAUGH CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION ON THE PASSING OF BOARD MEMBER JOHN W. HAMILTON August 6, 2020 YORBA LINDA, CA --- John Hamilton was a devoted, flag-waving patriot and there were fewer champions of the...
White House Recognizes 50th Anniversary of President Nixon’s Indian Self-Determination Policy
Today the White House recognized the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's “Special Message to the Congress on Indian Affairs,” which served to herald a new era in Federal Indian policy: Indian Self-Determination. The Presidential Message on the 50th Anniversary read:...
Nixon Foundation and American Red Cross Team Up for July 4th Flyover and Blood Drive
With many Fourth of July celebrations and fireworks shows canceled throughout Southern California, the Richard Nixon Foundation and the American Red Cross partnered to bring red, white, and blue fanfare to Orange County with a spectacular flyover above the Nixon...
Remembering Loie Gaunt
Photo: Loie in 1989 with Executive Director Hugh Hewitt, Treasurer Jack Drown and Board Member Don Bendetti as the Nixon Library was constructed. The photo is signed by RN: "To Loie Gaunt - Our indispensable one." Statement from The Family of President and Mrs....
Online Exhibit: Pat Nixon Delivers Disaster Relief to Peru
Fifty years ago this Sunday, America responded to a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Peru that killed 70,000, injured 50,000, and left 800,000 homeless, a global humanitarian disaster unlike any in recent memory. On June 28, 1970, the First Lady boarded an...
Nixon Library’s Retail Gift Shop to Reopen on June 26
Fan-Favorite Museum Store will reopen with all-new assortment celebrating the USA in time for July 4th! Just in time for America’s birthday, the Richard Nixon Foundation will reopen the Museum Store at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on Friday, June 26....
New Online Exhibit: Summer in the Parks with Pat Nixon
Fifty years ago today, the National Park Service hosted a novel activities fair for Washington, D.C.’s lucky residents. More than one thousand youngsters and their families participated in martial arts training, chopped and molded woodwork, listened and danced to...
Virtually Tour President Nixon’s Birthplace
"I was born in a house my father built." - President Richard Nixon EXPLORE PRESIDENT NIXON’S BIRTHPLACE ONLINE Drop right into RN’s original, humble birthplace —on the grounds of the Nixon Presidential Library— by navigating this all-new, just-released virtual tour!...
Remembering David Parker
Remembering David Parker David N. Parker, who served in the Nixon administration as special assistant to the President and went on to serve as an executive at major, national trade associations, passed away on May 10, 2020. He was 80 years old. Friends and...
Fifty Years Ago: President Nixon Announces Cambodia Incursion
Fifty years ago today, in an address to the nation from the Oval Office, President Nixon announced that US and South Vietnamese forces were conducting a limited operation against the North Vietnamese and Vietcong sanctuaries inside Cambodia that were being used to...