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Addressing the Nation’s Cancer Epidemic

In 1972, the American Cancer Society (ACS) released their annual report analyzing medical statistics of the previous year in addition to various achievements in the field of cancer research. This report was published in accordance with President Nixon’s signing of the...

1.15.71 – The Dedication of The Eisenhower Center

On a brisk morning forty four years ago on Capitol Hill, President Richard Nixon stood before members of Congress and the National Committee to give a brief speech dedicating the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Republican Center. Upon completion, the building was...

Hometown Heroes

The Nixon Library Docent guild and the Richard Nixon Foundation honor Orange County heroes who sacrificed their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan this Christmas season. Staff Sgt. Faoa Leonidas Apineru, US Marine Corps Army S. Sgt Marc Arizmendez, US Army Staff Sgt....

Kent State, 40 Years Later

Today marks the fortieth anniversary of one of the Nixon era’s most tragic events, when four students were killed by Ohio National Guard gunfire at the campus of Kent State University during an antiwar demonstration. The shootings were followed by a nationwide student...