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The Legacy of Secretary Frank Carlucci
Frank Carlucci was an extraordinarily consequential public servant. On April 29, his daughter, Kristin Carlucci Weed, shared his life story as part of the Richard Nixon Foundation’s Distinguished Speaker Series. This program was presented in partnership with Chapman...
Local History Comes Alive for Hundreds of Third Graders at the Nixon Library
Nearly 400 Orange County third graders experienced an interactive history lesson at the Nixon Library on April 25 as participants in Orange County’s Gift of History program. The students started the morning with a pep rally-style local history lesson in the Nixon...
THE ANCIENT WORLD: Unlocking the Middle East- Original Special Exhibition Opening at the Nixon Library on July 15, 2024
“We must not allow the cradle of civilization to become its grave. That is what is at stake in the Mideast.” -Richard Nixon, September 8, 1968 With the Middle East once again wracked by violence, this timely exhibit reflects the enduring importance of the question...
Nixon Today
President Nixon’s Experience Meeting with World Leaders Continues to Be Insightful
Today, as President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco, we turn to the words of President Richard Nixon whose groundbreaking 1972 trip to China to meet with Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai opened modern U.S relations with...
President Nixon’s Actions During the Yom Kippur War Highlighted on Special Report with Bret Baier
On October 25, Fox News Chief Political Anchor Bret Baier filmed Special Report live from the Nixon Library. His show featured a special throwback segment that highlighted President Nixon's role in bringing a ceasefire in the Yom Kippur War fifty years ago. Watch here:
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...
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.