The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

In the summer of 2022, we visited the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum (1913-1994) – the 37th President of the United States (1969 – 1974).

The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum is located at 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda, in Orange County, California. Library, This museum is also in Spanish style, with a red tile roof and central courtyard, bringing an atmosphere of the 1960s – 1970s. The library currently has tens of millions of pages of documents, half a million meters of films. , 300,000 photos that visitors will see only a very small part of them, about 600 photos and 300 original artifacts. The President’s paraphernalia and memorabilia are displayed by theme. Miniature models of the chambers of the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the house where the President was born are also displayed here. The Oval Office of the White House is also restored to its original form here as when the President was in office.

During the process visitors can listen, watch and interact on the screens and models to learn more details.

In July 1969, President Richard Nixon used the phone to talk to astronauts aboard Apollo 11 after astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr. the first humans to walk on the moon, and astronaut Michael Collins orbiting the moon in the Apollo 11 command module. Viet Linh is known to have made the longest long distance call from the Oval Office of the White House. and was the first phone call from earth to a lunar lander. Next to the phone were food packages that the astronauts used on the trip and a sample of moon rock that was brought back to Earth.

The tenure of President Richard Nixon was associated with wars in Indochina, including the Vietnam War. Scars of the war, is a theme in the Library, Museum of President Richard Nixon with information, photos, memorabilia of the war and POW – prisoners of war.

Over the course of two years, 3500 hours of recording by secret microphones installed in the White House were heard back by this Uher 5000 recording machine.

The Lincoln Sitting Room is President Richard Nixon’s favorite room in the White House. He is one of the most controversial presidents in the United States, as well as the only US president to resign during his term, due to the Watergate scandal.

Gallery of First Lady Patricia Nixon’s photographs and memorabilia (1912-1993)

From the Library building, the museum looks over a large courtyard with a lake with statues of marine animals signed by the President special protection decree during his term, in the distance is the house where he was born. go out. The large garden next to the rose garden, where the President and his wife’s grave is located, is where many couples choose to hold their wedding ceremony.

This is where President Richard Nixon was born. The wooden-walled house was built by his father in 1912 on the family farm. He has been here for 9 years. Visitors can visit the house that has been kept intact with its arrangement and utensils from more than a hundred years ago.

First Lady Patricia Nixon’s rose garden is located between the house and the library and museum. Her and the President’s grave is located in the garden, as simple as any other grave in the cemeteries.

Sikorsky VH 3A “Sea King” – a 16-seat helicopter used by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford is on display here. During his presidential service, the helicopter was known as Marine One or Army One, depending on whether the Marine or Army pilot operated it. President Richard Nixon used the helicopter on more than 180 trips, including visits abroad. In August 1974, after President Richard Nixon resigned, this helicopter flew him and his family from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base, and from there Air Force One took him and his family home in California.