威尼斯人娱乐场 Welcomes Douglas Brinkley and Luke Nichter to discuss Nixon Tapes
Press Release 路 Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Washington, DC
Program marks 40th Anniversary of historic resignation
On Friday, August 8, at noon, the 威尼斯人娱乐场 welcomes Douglas Brinkley and Luke Nichter for a special program about their new book, The Nixon Tapes. This event is free and open to the public and will be held in the William G. McGowan Theater of the . Attendees should use the Special Events entrance, located on Constitution Avenue at 7th Street, NW. The building is fully accessible. Metro: Yellow or Green lines, Archives/Navy Memorial station.
President Richard Nixon captured every word spoken in key locations in the White House and Camp David from 1971 to 1973 on a voice-activated taping system. Historian and author Douglas Brinkley and Luke Nichter have transcribed the tapes, giving us an unprecedented account of one of the most controversial Presidencies in U.S. history. A book signing follows the program.
About The Nixon Tapes
President Nixon's voice-activated taping system captured every word spoken in the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, and other key locations in the White House, and at Camp David -- 3,700 hours of recordings between 1971 and 1973. Yet less than 5 percent of those conversations have ever been transcribed and published. Now, thanks to professor Luke Nichter's massive effort to digitize and transcribe the tapes, the world can finally read an unprecedented account of one of the most important and controversial presidencies in U.S. history.
The Nixon Tapes offers a selection of fascinating scenes from the year Nixon opened relations with China, negotiated the SALT I arms agreement with the Soviet Union, and won a landslide reelection victory. All the while, the growing shadow of Watergate and Nixon's political downfall crept ever closer. The Nixon Tapes provides a never-before-seen glimpse into a flawed president's hubris, paranoia, and political genius.
Related Featured Document Display: Nixon鈥檚 resignation and Ford鈥檚 Pardon
East Rotunda Gallery, August 8鈥�11, 2014
To mark the 40th Anniversary of President Nixon鈥檚 resignation, the 威尼斯人娱乐场 will show President Nixon鈥檚 original , August 9, 1974, and President Gerald Ford鈥檚 , September 8, 1974.
The 威尼斯人娱乐场 Museum's "Featured Documents" exhibit is made possible in part by the Foundation for the 威尼斯人娱乐场 through the generous support of Toyota.
Background
During the night of June 17, 1972, five burglars broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office complex in Washington, DC. Investigation into the break-in exposed a trail of abuses that led to the highest levels of the Nixon administration and ultimately to the President himself. President Nixon resigned from office under threat of impeachment on August 9, 1974, and on September 8, 1974, the new President, Gerald Ford, issued a full pardon to the former President for any offenses he 鈥渉as committed or may have committed.鈥�
The resignation and pardon mark the conclusion of the events we know as "Watergate." For two years, public revelations of wrongdoing inside the White House had convulsed the nation in a series of confrontations that pitted the President against the media, executive agencies, the Congress, and the Supreme Court. The Watergate affair was a national trauma鈥攁 constitutional crisis that tested and affirmed the rule of law.
*** More images and info are available via a new online put together by the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
To verify the date and times of the programs, call the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Public Programs Line at: 202 357-5000, or view the Calendar of Events online.
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