role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend. good evening, everyone. to all of our friends here and those watching by c-span and on facebook live. my name is stewart mclaruin and i m the president of the white house historical association. it s my privilege to welcome you to decatur house and to the white house historical association. tonight s program is very exciting and we are honored to partner with our good friends at the richard nixon foundation. we would like to welcome dr. jim cavanaugh of the nixon foundation and his wife ester in the front row. hugh hewitt the president of the nixon foundation you will hear from in a few moments. we have many distinguished guests with us here, many former officials from the nixon and other administrations and staff and friends of the nixon foundation and we re honored to have you here tonight. this year marks the 50th anniversary of patricia nixon becoming the first lady of th
esther, right up here in the front row. [ applause ] and hugh hewitt, the president of the nixon foundation who you ll hear from in a few moments. we have many distinguished guests with us here, many former officials from the nixon and other administrations, and staff and friends of the nixon frustration and we re honored to have you here tonight. this year marks the 50th anniversary pa tish s patricin become first lady of the united states. the significance of this will be discussed in tonight s program, but it s very important to us here at the white house historical association as a core part of our mission which was inspired as most of you or all of you know by first lady jacqueline kennedy to be the private partner to the white house for conservation, preservation, restoration of those beautiful state rooms in the white house, for the acquisition of items for the permanent collection at the white house as well, and for our education programs, programs like this, where
and hugh hewitt, the president of the nixon foundation who you ll hear from in a few moments. we have many distinguished guests here today. many former officials from the nixon and other administrations and staff and friends of the nixon foundation, and we re honored to have you here tonight. this year marks the 50th anniversary of patricia nixon becoming the first lady of the united states. under her leadership, the white house collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection which is the most of any presidency. the significance of this will be discussed in tonight s program, but it s very important to us here at the white house historical association as a core part of our mission which was inspired, as most of you, or all of you know, by first lady jacqueline kennedy, to be the private nonpartisan private partner to the white house for conservation, preservation, restoration of those beautiful state homes in the white house for the a
i would like to welcome dr. jim cavanaugh, his wife esther in the front row [applause] and hugh hewitt, the president of the next and foundation, who you the richard nixon foundation. we have many distinguished guests from the nixon and other administrations and we are honored to have you here tonight. this year marks the 50th anniversary of patricia nixon becoming the first lady of the united states. under her leadership the white house collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection, which is the most of any presidency. the significance of this will be discussed in tonight s program, but it s very important to us here at the white house of our mission which was inspired as most of you or all of you know by first lady jacqueline kennedy to be the private nonpartisan private partner to the white house for conservation, preservation, restoration of those beautiful staterooms in the white house, for the acquisition of items for the