President Nixon's 98th Birthday Celebration
YORBA LINDA, Calif., Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Richard Nixon Library:
WHEN: Sunday, January 9, 2011, 11:30am Presidential Wreath-Laying Ceremony and 1:00pm Lecture.
WHERE: Richard Nixon Presidential Library, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda, Ca 92886
The Richard Nixon Foundation will host President Nixon's 98th birthday celebration with a special Presidential wreath-laying ceremony at the memorials of President and Mrs. Nixon, followed by the annual Nixon Legacy Lecture given this year by General James "Don" Hughes, President – and Vice President – Nixon's Military Assistant.
11:30am Formal ceremony of the laying of the White House Wreath from President Barack Obama by Admiral Mike Shatynski accompanied by President Nixon's younger brother Ed Nixon and grandson Christopher Nixon Cox.
The ceremony features remarks by U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Shatynski, an invocation by U.S. Navy Chaplain Gerald Seely, and a presentation of the colors by the Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines and the Seal Beach Sea Cadets.
1pm Richard Nixon Legacy Lecture with remarks by General Don Hughes. A good friend of the Nixon family, General Hughes experienced first hand Richard Nixon's development as a skillful diplomat and statesman. He was with Vice President Nixon during the Caracas crisis in 1958 and on scene at the American Exhibition in Moscow when RN faced off with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in what became famously known as the "Kitchen Debate."
From 1969 to 1972, General Hughes served as Military Assistant to President Nixon, oversaw 2,000 people directly, and was in charge of Air Force One, special missions, helicopters, ceremonies, protocol, the White House Communications Agency and Camp David.
Email [email protected] or call Jon Movroydis at 714/364-1126
SOURCE Richard Nixon Library
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