Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president nixons grandson, Christopher Nixon cox. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the nixon library, and welcome to this beautiful replica of the east room. I am Christopher Nixon cox, a board member of the Nixon Foundation as was the grandson of the 37th president , Richard Nixon i am so happy to welcome you to the library. I see a lot of new faces makes me really excited and i see a lot of young faces so we have a lot of young conservatives. [applause] its great to see and i would encourage all of you after the event today to walk around the library. Of course it is one of my Favorite Places for obvious reasons but one of my favorite in the world i think it is the birthplace, its beautiful, we have redone a lot of the exhibits so theres a lot of new stuff to see and if you come back you can visit the archives and do a Little Research into my grandfathers presidency is so much to do so i am so happy to have you here today but of course
I see a lot of young faces in the crowd which means we have a lot of young conservatives. [cheering and applause] so thats really great to see. I would encourage all of you after the event today to walk around the library. Its one of my Favorite Places for obvious reasons. Its the birthplace, its beautiful. We just redone exhibits. Theres a lot of new stuff to see. If you come back, you can visit the archives and even to research into my grandfathers presidency. Theres so much to do here so im so happy to have you here today. Of course, today, we will begin our program by honoring our nation as we always do. But first, will you please welcome our special guest today, charlie kirk [cheering and applause] [applause] and ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the presentation of colors and the singing of our national anthem. [presentation of colors] [national anthem]. [national anthem]. [cheering and applause] ladies and gentlemen, please give another round of applause to the Tr
Here at the foundation of the grandson of the 37th president richard nixon. It is my honor and pleasure to have you here at the library today so happy to welcome you see a lot of faces in the crowd which gets me excited and not of young faces which means we have young conservatives. [applause] so it is great to see and i encourage all of you after the event today to walk around the library. It is one of my Favorite Places for obvious reasons but in the world the birthplaces beautiful we have redone the exhibits and of course if you come back you can visit the archives and do research into my grandfathers presidency. There is so much to do here im so happy to have you here today. Today we will begin our program by honoring our nation as we always do but first please welcome our special guest charlie kirk. [applause] ladies and gentlemen please remain standing for the presentation of colors and the singing of our national anthem. Ladies and gentlemen please give another round of applause
[applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Nixon Library and welcome to this beautiful replica of the east room. I am Christopher Nixon cox a board member at this foundation as well as the grandson of the 37th president Richard Nixon. So it is really my honor and pleasure to have you at the library here today and im so happy to welcome you to the library. I see a lot of new faces in the crowd today which makes me very excited i see a lot of young faces in the crowd which means we have a lot of young conservatives. That is really great to see an i would really encourage all of you, after the event today to walk around the library its one of my Favorite Places in the world. I think the birth place is beautiful we redone a lot of exhibits in the library theres a lot of new stuff to see. Id course, you can come back and visit the archives and research into my grandfathers presidency. Theres so much to do here and im so happy to have you here today. But of course, today, we will big ag
Im the president of the historical association. It is my privilege to welcome you to Decatur House as well as the White House Historical association. Tonights program is exciting and we are honored to partner with our good friends at the Richard Nixon foundation. I would like to welcome dr. Jim esther, inhis wife, the front row. [applause] hewitt the president of the Nixon Foundation who you will hear from in a few moments. We have many distinguished guests, many former officials from the nixon and other friends,ations, staff, and we are honored to have you here. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Patricia Nixon becoming the first lady of the united states. Under her leadership, the white as collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection. That is the most of any presidency. The significance of this will be discussed in tonights program but it is important to us here at the White House Historical association as a core part of our mission.