Apr 21, 2023 | News, Nixon Library Events
This week marked the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s second message to Congress on energy, which amounted to America’s first comprehensive energy policy. The Richard Nixon Foundation hosted the Nixon National Energy Conference at the Nixon Presidential Library,...
Apr 5, 2023 | News, Pat Nixon, Women's Affairs
Last week, Nixon Foundation consultant and Pat Nixon Centennial Exhibit curator, Bob Bostock, participated in a program at The Dole Institute of Politics titled The First Ladies, the ERA and Beyond. The program focused on the history of growing support for the Equal...
Mar 29, 2023 | News, Vietnam
The Nixon Library hosted the second largest celebration of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in the country, only surpassed by the gathering at the National Vietnam War Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Today’s event was held on the fiftieth anniversary...
Mar 29, 2023 | Nixon Today, Vietnam
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...
Mar 21, 2023 | News, Pat Nixon
To celebrate First Lady Pat Nixon’s 111th birthday, the Nixon Foundation hosted its annual Pat Nixon Day of Service on March 16th. This free admission day included a volunteer fair where organizations from throughout the community shared ways for people of all ages to...
Mar 21, 2023 | News, Vietnam
Fifty years ago, President Nixon ended the Vietnam War, and nearly 600 Prisoners of War came home to their families. Five decades after that extraordinary and emotional homecoming, the Richard Nixon Foundation will host the official celebration of the 50th anniversary...
Mar 17, 2023 | Nixon and Celebrities, Nixon Today, Online Media
Throughout the Nixon Presidency, popular entertainers were invited to perform at the White House for special evenings in the East Room. As President Nixon describes in his memoirs, “Pat and I looked forward to the evenings of entertainment at the White House as much...
Mar 17, 2023 | News, Pat Nixon
On Thursday, March 16, the First Lady Pat Nixon Memorial Highway was officially dedicated at Pat Nixon Park in Cerritos, California, the hometown of the former First Lady. Recently, the California State Legislature designated a 2.5 mile stretch of the 91 Freeway...
Mar 8, 2023 | Domestic Policy, Nixon Today, Women's Affairs
“American women have made wide-ranging contributions to our country throughout its history…In medicine, science, law, education and every other profession, women have helped this country achieve unparalleled success.” President Richard Nixon A lasting legacy of...
