Posts Tagged ‘Richard Nixon’
Mr. President: We Saved Your House
As reported in The Whittier Daily News, the proposed demolition of a significant historical home of Richard Nixon has been stopped!!! The Whittier City Council recently denied an application to…
Read MoreRIP Senator Bob Dole
I first met Senator Bob Dole in the summer of 1991 when I was interning on Capitol Hill. Walking past his Senate office in the Capitol building, for some reason…
Read MoreRichard Nixon: California’s Native Son Book Deal!
I have big news! I am particularly pleased to announce my agent Jacqueline Flynn of Joelle Delbourgo & Associates has inked a deal with Potomac Books to publish RICHARD NIXON:…
Read MoreRichard Nixon’s Maternal Grandfather Franklin Milhous Succumbed to Spanish Flue Epidemic of 1919
In 1897, Franklin Milhous moved his family, including his wife, their nine children and his mother to Whittier. Franklin built the family’s first home on the south side of the…
Read MoreWelcome to the (New & Improved) Richard Nixon’s Southern California
Welcome to Richard Nixon’s Southern California! If you are wondering why I would ever start this project, let me tell you the whole story. While I began this blog some…
Read MoreWhite House Church Services
As a Quaker growing up in Yorba Linda and Whittier, Richard Nixon attended church services four times a day on Sundays, plus Wednesday evenings. When he was a young attorney…
Read MoreRIP Hubert Perry, 102, Richard Nixon’s Last Surviving Classmate
Hubert Perry was “Mr. Whittier.” Having attended Whittier High School and Whittier College with Richard Nixon, until his death on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at the age of 102, he…
Read MoreRichard Nixon Plays the Rose Bowl
The Rose Bowl has played host to bands from rock and roll legends The Rolling Stones and U2 to current pop stars Justin Timberlake and Beyonce, and innumerable sporting events, including the Women’s World Cup Soccer, NFL Super Bowls, and the…
Read MorePresidential Golf & A Wedding
On August 23, 1969, President Richard Nixon was on a working vacation at the Western White House (La Casa Pacifica) in San Clemente when he decided to play a round…
Read MoreNixon’s Fighting Spirit at the Hollywood American Legion Stadium
Richard Nixon had a fighting spirit, dating back to his formative years when he and his Whittier College Poets football teammates took on the defending national champion USC Trojan football team in…
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