Past Events
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December 10 Tuesday
Yorba Linda, CA - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Veterans Speak Up
Please join us for a public performance of veterans sharing their personal experiences. -
Dallas, TX - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
CPH / Timothy Andrews Sayle Lecture
LPGWB Partnership lecture with Center for Presidential History -
Boston, MA - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
The Constitution: Changes and Challenges in US History
Akhil Amar, professor of law and political science at Yale, and Eric Foner, professor emeritus of history at Columbia, discuss constitutional changes and challenges throughout our nation’s history.
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December 9 Monday
Yorba Linda, CA - 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Meet Nikki Haley at the Nixon Library
The former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of South Carolina makes her first appearance at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
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December 8 Sunday
Abilene, KS - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Abilene Municipal Band Holiday Concert
Annual holiday concert presented by the Abilene Municipal Band.
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December 7 Saturday
West Branch, IA - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Paint a Ceramic Christmas Tree
Instructor M. Renee Vogt from Renee's Ceramics will lead a class in painting. -
Abilene, KS - 2:00pm to 4:30pm
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Movie screening | Tora! Tora! Tora! -
West Branch, IA - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Hear from Hoover Experts
Curatorial staff will be in the Hoover galleries to talk about the Christmas panels. -
West Branch, IA - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Christmas Past
Annual celebration throughout the town of West Branch with special events inside the Museum.
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December 6 Friday
West Branch, IA - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Christmas Past
Annual celebration throughout the town of West Branch with special events inside the Museum.
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December 5 Thursday
Kansas City, MO - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Evening Conversation with author Elliot Ackerman on "Places and Names"
Evening author conversation with Elliot Ackerman about his new book. A book purchase is required to attend this event. This program will take place at the National World War I Museum and Memorial.
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December 3 Tuesday
Kansas City, MO - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Film Screening of Father's Kingdom
Film screening and discussion of the documentary Father's Kingdom, the story of Father Divine at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Center, 3700 Blue Parkway, Kansas City, MO. -
Boston, MA - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
A Conversation with Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams, bestselling author, nonprofit CEO, former GA House Democratic Leader and 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of GA, discusses her career and continuing work on voting rights and social issues.
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December 2 Monday
Yorba Linda, CA - 5:30pm to 5:45pm
Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Nixon Library
The festive ceremony officially kicks off our holiday cheer and marks the very special 50th anniversary of First Lady Pat Nixon opening the White House for candlelight tours during the holidays. -
Yorba Linda, CA - 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Candlelight Evenings at the Nixon Library
In the spirit of White House Christmas traditions past and present, the Nixon Library is opening its doors after hours for special Candlelight Evenings for two nights only – December 2 and 12th. -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 11:30am
EVENT CANCELLEDNixon Legacy Forum: The Story of the Watergate “Road Map”
A review of the efforts to make available all the material from the House Judiciary Comittee's impeachment investigation of President Richard Nixon
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December 1 Sunday
Grand Rapids, MI - 3:00pm
Season's Greetings From the White House
Mary Evans Seeley shared her memories of her visits to the White House during the holidays. During her talk on December 12, 2019 she explained how many of the Christmas traditions started at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. From the lighting of the first Christmas tree to how Christmas cards are selected and designed. The details from the talk can be found in Mrs. Seeleys book Season's Greetings from the White House. -
Grand Rapids, MI - 1:00pm
Season's Greetings From the White House
Mary Evans Seeley shared her memories of her visits to the White House during the holidays. During her talk on December 12, 2019 she explained how many of the Christmas traditions started at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. From the lighting of the first Christmas tree to how Christmas cards are selected and designed. The details from the talk can be found in Mrs. Seeleys book Season's Greetings from the White House. -
Grand Rapids, MI - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Holiday Open House and Train Opening!
Kick off the Holiday Season at the Ford Presidential Museum with holiday music, a visit with Santa and his reindeer. -
Grand Rapids, MI - 11:00am
Season's Greetings From the White House
Mary Evans Seeley shared her memories of her visits to the White House during the holidays. During her talk on December 12, 2019 she explained how many of the Christmas traditions started at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. From the lighting of the first Christmas tree to how Christmas cards are selected and designed. The details from the talk can be found in Mrs. Seeleys book Season's Greetings from the White House. -
Abilene, KS - 9:00am to 4:45pm
Museum Store Sunday
Shopping and Movie Screening
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November 28 Thursday
Online - 9:00am to 8:30pm
Research Rooms Closed for Thanksgiving Day
Regular research room hours will resume on Friday, November 29. Online access to National Archives holdings are still available 24 hours a day through Archives.gov/research.
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November 25 Monday
Boston, MA - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Great Lives Worth Reliving with Mo Rocca
Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and frequent panelist on NPR’s Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, discusses his new book, Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving.
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November 23 Saturday
Little Rock, AR - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Exhibit Opens: ...Like It’s 1999: American Popular Culture in the 1990s
This exhibit will relive the golden, hopeful years that came after the fall of the Berlin Wall and before 9/11.
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November 21 Thursday
Washington, DC - 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Special 15th-Anniversary Screening of National Treasure
A special showing of the 2004 movie about the Declaration of Independence follows fun activities related to the film. There's a prize for best costume!
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November 20 Wednesday
Boston, MA - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Creating a Sweet World of White House Desserts
Roland Mesnier, White House executive pastry chef from 1979 - 2004, discusses his distinguished career and new book, Creating a Sweet World of White House Desserts: A Pastry Chef’s Secrets. -
West Branch, IA - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Hear From Hoover Experts
Curatorial staff will be in the Museum galleries to discuss the new exhibit, Viva Hoover! -
Washington, DC - 10:00am to 11:00am
Story Time in the ReSource Room for Pre-Schoolers and Adults
Join us for story time for 3- to 5-year-olds. The theme for November is Thanksgiving at the White House.
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November 18 Monday
Yorba Linda, CA - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Meet Admiral James Stavridis, Former Supreme Allied Commander
Admiral James Stavridis, United States Navy, Retired, offers an intimate, human account of the lessons of leadership and character contained in the lives and careers of history’s most significant naval commanders. -
Boston, MA - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
A Conversation with Ash Carter
Ash Carter, former Secretary of Defense and director of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, discusses his distinguished career and new book, Inside the Five-Sided Box. -
Washington, DC - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Know Your Records: Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) Forum
A look ahead at the government declassification work for the upcoming year -
Independence, MO - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Mondays with McCullough Book Club
Join the Mondays with McCullough book club to study the Pulitzer-prize winning biography “Truman” by David McCullough, one chapter at a time
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November 16 Saturday
Kansas City, MO - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
The Bennett Forum
The 13th Annual Bennett Forum on the Presidency will feature an insightful conversation between former U.S. Senator Jeff Flake, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and The Washington Post’s David Von Drehle. -
West Branch, IA - 10:00am to 4:30pm
A Merry Hoover Christmas Opens
Learn about how and where the Hoover family celebrated Christmas. November 16, 2019 - January 5, 2020 -
West Branch, IA - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Viva Hoover! The 1928 Good Will Tour
An exhibit highlighting the Goodwill Tour that president-elect Herbert Hoover took in 1928. On display from Nov. 16, 2019 - August 23, 2020.
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November 14 Thursday
Washington, DC - 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Veterans Day Tribute: WWII Soldier Photographers from the U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo Collection at the National Archives
Panelists discuss and highlight the images taken by soldier-photographers during World War II. -
Washington, DC - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
EVENT CANCELLEDKnow Your Records: Photographic Records of the U.S. Coast Guard
An archivist gives an overview of Coast Guard images held by the National Archives.
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November 13 Wednesday
Grand Rapids, MI - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Dawn of the Code War
Former Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin takes us to the front lines of a global but little understood fight as the Justice Department and the FBI chases down hackers, online terrorist recruiters, and spies.
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November 12 Tuesday
Abilene, KS - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Ike Book TALK - The General's First Lady
Ike Book TALK facilitated by Marilyn Holt -
Ann Arbor, MI - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Dawn of the Code War
Former Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin takes us to the front lines of a global but little understood fight as the Justice Department and the FBI chases down hackers, online terrorist recruiters, and spies.
All events listed in the calendar are free unless noted.