Landing. We will hear from two former president ial aides who were in the oval office when president nixon spoke to Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin when they were on the moon. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. As people continue to wander in, were going to get started because we have a hard cue at 8 48. Hello to our audience watching at home as well. My name is hugh hewitt, im the president and ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation, it is my honor to well you here tonight to our east room. Please rise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of the National Anthem by tim kepler. O say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the f
Were going to get started because we have a hard cue at 8 48. Please raise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of the National Anthem by tim kepler. Clr o say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [ applause ]. Please be seated. We have a lot to do and a lot of special guests to thank before we get going tonight. Youll hear in a couple of moments from Rhonda Johnson who is the president of at t california. At t is the cosponsor with the Nixon Foundation at todays events which have been going on since the 5k race for space this morning right up to this moment celebrating 50 years ago. I
Days before the apollo 11 moon landing. We will hear from two former president ial aides who were in the oval office when president nixon spoke to Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin while they were on the moon. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. As people continue to wander and we will get started because we have a hard q at 8 48. Hello to our audience watching at home. I am the president of the Richard Nixon foundation. We would like to begin as we always do, please rise for the presentation of the callers and the singing of the National Anthem. [ music ] oh, say, can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we haild at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watchd, were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [ ap
Ago. How many others are left . Patrick im sure there are some of the young men around nixon, what we would call back in those days like Dwight Chapin and others who havent written memoirs yet, but im not sure they are going to. But i do think in terms of a written memoir, this is brian, this is probably the last of someone who was right there and knew it from the beginning. Brian what did you put in this book that you had never talked about before . Patrick well, i put in the origins of the agnew speech my memos on that. There is a number of memos in there then i went to my files and got out that i have never published before a great number of them and theres a description of how i almost defected on the china trip. I was so unhappy with it, and theres also the end of it, you know where you put in that quote by john osborne and it looks so he said, he saw i had seen shelly and me when first day, the Inauguration Day in 1969 looking up at the portico and then he had seen how it all end
special guests, starting with larry higbie, who is a member of the board of directors of the russian nixon foundation, and sandy when, a member of the board and a former president of the nixon foundation. colonel jack grand, a marine military aid to president nixon and his chief of staff in the san clemente years, judge jim rogin. thank you for being here, sir. jean hernandez, the mayor of the great city of thank you for being here. i want to welcome [inaudible] her colleague, dr. liu connector, who is the james h. kavanaugh chair in presidential studies, which is a new program at chapman university. we are joined by the dean of students, doctor jerry price, as well. a new program that the we are really excited about that. thank you all for being here. i want to thank all of our presidents council members that are here tonight for their support, which makes this evening and all of our evenings like this possible. this evening, i have the pleasure of introducing two men