I say dont come out too often. This is unusual for me. I do want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for planning this wonderful evening for me. I shall remember it always and thanks to the young people for this great pat nixon, first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. She went interest a hard background to the white house. She traveled more widely than anybody before her, made volunteerism her issue and was chief supporter and behind the scenes political adviser to her husband president Richard Nixon. Good evening and welcome to cspan series first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of pat nixon. Though her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate, so were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to tell her s
So. Well. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Nixon Library. My name is jim byron and i am the president , ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation. And id like to acknowledge a few special guests with this evening, beginning with tamara martin, director of the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum with the national archives. Tamara, thank you for being here. Id also like to welcome the mayor of the great of whittier, joe venturi. Thank you for being here, mr. Mayor. And i want to thank all of the president s Council Members and Associates Club members of the Richard Nixon foundation, who are in the this evening. Because it is your support allows us to put on Educational Programs like the one that you are seeing tonight. So thank you for your support of the nixon foundation. This evening, going to hear from paul carter, who has written a terrific new book, Richard Nixon, californias native son. This is one of the most important books on Richard Nixon to have been
So. Well. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Nixon Library. My name is jim byron and i am the president , ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation. And id like to acknowledge a few special guests with this evening, beginning with tamara martin, director of the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum with the national archives. Tamara, thank you for being here. Id also like to welcome the mayor of the great of whittier, joe venturi. Thank you for being here, mr. Mayor. And i want to thank all of the president s Council Members and Associates Club members of the Richard Nixon foundation, who are in the this evening. Because it is your support allows us to put on Educational Programs like the one that you are seeing tonight. So thank you for your support of the nixon foundation. This evening, going to hear from paul carter, who has written a terrific new book, Richard Nixon, californias native son. This is one of the most important books on Richard Nixon to have been
So. Well. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Nixon Library. My name is jim byron and i am the president , ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation. And id like to acknowledge a few special guests with this evening, beginning with tamara martin, director of the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum with the national archives. Tamara, thank you for being here. Id also like to welcome the mayor of the great of whittier, joe venturi. Thank you for being here, mr. Mayor. And i want to thank all of the president s Council Members and Associates Club members of the Richard Nixon foundation, who are in the this evening. Because it is your support allows us to put on Educational Programs like the one that you are seeing tonight. So thank you for your support of the nixon foundation. This evening, going to hear from paul carter, who has written a terrific new book, Richard Nixon, californias native son. This is one of the most important books on Richard Nixon to have been
So. Well. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Nixon Library. My name is jim byron and i am the president , ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation. And id like to acknowledge a few special guests with this evening, beginning with tamara martin, director of the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum with the national archives. Tamara, thank you for being here. Id also like to welcome the mayor of the great of whittier, joe venturi. Thank you for being here, mr. Mayor. And i want to thank all of the president s Council Members and Associates Club members of the Richard Nixon foundation, who are in the this evening. Because it is your support allows us to put on Educational Programs like the one that you are seeing tonight. So thank you for your support of the nixon foundation. This evening, going to hear from paul carter, who has written a terrific new book, Richard Nixon, californias native son. This is one of the most important books on Richard Nixon to have been