Commemoration of Nixon's Birth Held at Presidential Library
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A commemoration of the 106th anniversary of the birth of Richard M. Nixon was held Wednesday at the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda.
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, Tayron Santos cleans the newly-installed wall mural of former President Richard Nixon in the lobby area of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. The museum will reopen Friday, Oct. 14, following a $15 million makeover aimed at bringing the country’s 37th president closer to younger generations less familiar with his groundbreaking trip to China or the Watergate scandal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, Michael Ellzey, director of Richard Nixon Presidential Library, stands in the gallery devoted to Nixon's visit to China in the museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. The museum will reopen Friday, Oct. 14, following a $15 million makeover aimed at bringing the country’s 37th president closer to younger generations less familiar with his groundbreaking trip to China or the Watergate scandal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, the Watergate Gallery is seen in the museum at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. The museum will reopen Friday, Oct. 14, following a $15 million makeover aimed at bringing the country’s 37th president closer to younger generations less familiar with his groundbreaking trip to China or the Watergate scandal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, Joe Lopez, a communications director at Richard Nixon Foundation, watches a film that opens with Nixon’s resignation speech after the Watergate scandal at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. The museum will reopen Friday, Oct. 14, following a $15 million makeover aimed at bringing the country’s 37th president closer to younger generations less familiar with his groundbreaking trip to China or the Watergate scandal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, a sculpture of former President Richard Nixon at the Lincoln Sitting Room with a notepad is on display in the museum at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. The museum will reopen Friday, Oct. 14, following a $15 million makeover aimed at bringing the country’s 37th president closer to younger generations less familiar with his groundbreaking trip to China or the Watergate scandal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, a life-size replica of the Oval Office where former President Richard Nixon worked in the White House is exhibited in the museum at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. The museum will reopen Friday, Oct. 14, following a $15 million makeover aimed at bringing the country’s 37th president closer to younger generations less familiar with his groundbreaking trip to China or the Watergate scandal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, Victor Garcete works in the Vietnam War gallery in the museum at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. The museum will reopen Friday, Oct. 14, following a $15 million makeover aimed at bringing the country’s 37th president closer to younger generations less familiar with his groundbreaking trip to China or the Watergate scandal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, an image of former President Richard Nixon from the 1972 presidential campaign is reflected on a glass window in the museum at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. The museum will reopen Friday, Oct. 14, following a $15 million makeover aimed at bringing the country’s 37th president closer to younger generations less familiar with his groundbreaking trip to China or the Watergate scandal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 photo, campaign buttons are on display in the museum at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif. The museum will reopen Friday, Oct. 14, following a $15 million makeover aimed at bringing the country’s 37th president closer to younger generations less familiar with his groundbreaking trip to China or the Watergate scandal. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The commemoration began at 11 a.m. with the laying of a memorial wreath sent by President Donald Trump at Nixon's memorial site, remarks by Maj. Gen. Robert F. Castellvi, commanding general of the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, the presentation of colors and patriotic musical performances by the Navy Band Southwest Brass Quintet.
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The oceanfront estate in San Clemente once owned by Richard M. Nixon and known as the Western White House during his presidency is now up for sale at $63.5 million, down from its $75 million asking price three years ago.
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The oceanfront estate in San Clemente once owned by Richard M. Nixon and known as the Western White House during his presidency is now up for sale at $63.5 million, down from its $75 million asking price three years ago.
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Admission will be free at the library Wednesday. It will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
More information on the Nixon library is available online at nixonlibrary.gov or by calling 714-993-5075.
