PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON - EPHEMERA UNSIGNED - HFSID 189734
Price: $100.00
RICHARD NIXON
Unsigned invitation and program from the dedication of The Richard
Nixon Library & Birthplace, held on July 19, 1990. The dedication drew a
number of political heavyweights, including Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford and
Dr. Billy Graham. With original mailing envelope.
Three items: 1) Unsigned program for the dedication of The
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California on July 19,
1990. Three-tone green-brown-and-white, 4 pages including cover 4x8¼, 1 sheet
folded, front and verso, with irregular right edge on cover. Printed on
cardstock. Lightly toned, creased and soiled, otherwise in fine condition.
2) Unsigned invitation to the dedication ceremony and celebration gala
for the opening of The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace on July 19, 1990.
Three-tone green-bronze-and-white, 2 pages, 5½x9, two sheets folded with
cardstock covers, with irregular left edge, bound with green cord. This
invitation was to the 10 a.m. dedication ceremonies at the library in Yorba
Linda and then 7 p.m. reception and the 8 p.m. dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel
Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles. Lightly toned, soiled and creased, otherwise in
fine condition. 3) Original mailing envelope from stationery of The
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace. Postmarked Yorba Linda, California, June
6, 1990. Addressed to Mr. W. Ernest Minor, Cincinnati, Ohio. Lightly toned,
soiled and creased. Paper loss on verso underneath flap. Otherwise in fine
condition. The dedication of The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace drew
a number of political heavyweights, including former presidents Ronald Reagan
and Gerald Ford, then-U. S. Congressman from California William Dannemeyer and
Dr. Billy Graham, who gave the invocation. Like most presidential libraries,
the "library" in the Richard Nixon Library is somewhat misleading; it's a
depository of Nixon's papers, rather than a public library. It also includes a
museum and Nixon's restored birthplace. Nixon (1913-1994, born in Yorba
Linda, California) was elected 37th President of the United States in
1968 after representing California in the U.S. House of Representatives
(1947-1951) and Senate (1951-53) and serving two terms as Dwight D. Eisenhower's
Vice President. He lost (1960), then won, extremely close Presidential
elections (facing John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, respectively), then won
re-election by a landslide against George McGovern in 1972. His re-election
triumph rapidly turned sour, however, as the burgeoning Watergate scandal
claimed more and more of his key aides and finally compelled his own resignation
in the face of a possible impeachment. On Sept. 8, 1974, he received a
blanket pardon from President Ford for any crimes he may have committed against
the United States while President. A pragmatic conservative who gained an early
reputation as an anti-communist but achieved diplomatic triumphs in relations
with China and the Soviet Union, Nixon was a prolific writer in retirement,
repairing his reputation and hastening his emergence as an elder
statesman.
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