Posts Tagged ‘Whittier’
Whittier to the White House
Tour Stop #7 – 15257 Anaconda Street On March 27, 1952, Senator Richard Nixon and his wife Pat purchased the newly built home at 15257 Anaconda Street. The three bedroom,…
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Tour Stop #6 East Whittier Elementary When the Nixons moved from Yorba Linda, Dick transferred into the 5th grade here at East Whittier Whittier Elementary. He used to ride his…
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Tour Stop #5 In addition to the Nixon Drive-In (Tour Stop #3), in 1954 Don Nixon opened Nixon’s Restaurant at 14350 Whittier Boulevard, where the menus read: “Since children are…
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Tour Stop #4 Frank Nixon and Hannah Milhous met on Valentine’s Day 1908 at the Whittier First Friends Church. Frank walked Hannah home that evening and they dated every day…
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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 MoreDick Nixon: A Southern California Piano Man
When one thinks of Richard Nixon, “musician” is likely not the first word that comes to mind. But he was. And his first love was the piano. From the early…
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