over the last eight years there have been more than 30 of these forums covering all aspects of richard nixon s consequential administration. most of them have been here in the mcgowan theater and most of them have been covered by c-span. it s good to see that c-span is with us again today. all of these forums have been filmed and recorded by the nixon foundation and are an important part of the historical record available to students and scholars and any individuals on the website and the national archives, the nixon library, and the nixon foundation. the form has covered domestic policy as well as the managerial revolution that president nixon ushered into the west wing and it marks the creation of the executive office of the president. this afternoon for going back to pre-presidential history with the campaign of 1968 that launched the nixon presidency. the forms bring together men and women who served in the administration to discuss some of the particular issues and progr
our staff and everybody. that s matt hugging jackie, who is his assistant for 20 years. the whole 20. he walked out with katie. he was surprised to see savannah. look at this. and dylan. wait. what? wait. what? everybody came out to give matt his due. and it also happened to be katie s 60th birthday, so we had lots of candles. there was a lot of candles. it was slightly scary. they said they really did have to have a fire marshall. when we watched that taped piece, it was awesome. it s unbelievable. it documents, like, american history too. we re going to revisit some of those great moments with matt in a little bit. coming up on our program, we have the legendary rocker gene simmons. he is here. he is the front man, you guys know, from kiss. he has another project he has been taking on. he will tell us all about it. that will be fun. we tried to break our social media addictions. we started tuesday? wednesday? wednesday? seems longer than that. we started on
library, including the restoration of the president s birtsz place. ladies and gentlemen, monsignor lawrence baird. almighty god, how good it is for us to come together as one as we dedicate this historic museum and library which houses a repository of the history of the years of the presidency of richard nixon. we invoke your blessing upon us. citizen volunteers and leaders of our county and state and country, the desire to build an america where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish. we pray for the leaders and citizens of our great republic for all the men and women who are called to serve the american people and judgment decisions and actions affect our nation s destiny. may our leaders have the wisdom to seek your guidance and the courage to do your will. lord, we know that our country was founded and forged in prayer. we thank you for blessing america throughout our history with great leaders with men and women who like president nixon in triump
almighty god, how good it is for us to come together as one as we dedicate this historic museum and library which houses a repository of the history of the years of the presidency of richard nixon. we invoke your blessing upon us. citizen volunteers and leaders of our county and state and country, the desire to build an america where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish. we pray for the leaders and citizens of our great republic for all the men and women who are called to serve the american people and judgment decisions and actions affect our nation s destiny. may our leaders have the wisdom to seek your guidance and the courage to do your will. lord, we know that our country was founded and forged in prayer. we thank you for blessing america throughout our history with great leaders with men and women who like president nixon in triumph and in tragedy sought to do what was pleasing in your sight. we think back to the year 1775 when the brave members
and for today s invocation, please welcome monsignor lawrence baird, pastor of our lady of mount carmel church in newport beach. his presence today honors the late don bendetty, former chairman of the nixon foundation board and a parishioner at our lady of mount carmel. don and his lovely wife dorothy will be joining us today. have been devoted friends and supporters for over 25 years working with president nixon. and ark techs, don oversaw the construction of the original library, including the restoration of the president s birtsz place. ladies and gentlemen, monsignor lawrence baird. almighty god, how good it is for us to come together as one as we dedicate this historic museum and library which houses a repository of the history of the years of the presidency of richard nixon. we invoke your blessing upon us. citizen volunteers and leaders of our county and state and country, the desire to build an america where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flou