NOW THROUGH JANUARY 2
Beautifully decorated by our Docent Guild and positioned throughout the Library, these spectacular trees represent the holiday customs of 22 countries. Plus, a special tree dedicated to Abraham Lincoln.

A special program on how President Nixon ended the draft, made substantive changes to the organization and culture of the U.S. military, and set it on course to become the most elite fighting force in the world.

Annelise Graebner Anderson
Dr. Anderson was a campaign adviser in Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign. From 1981 to 1983, Dr. Anderson was Associate Director for Economics and Government with the Office of Management and Budget, where she was responsible for the budgets of the departments of Treasury, Justice, Commerce, Transportation, and HUD, as well as for 40 other agencies. Today, Dr. Anderson is an economist and a Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Martin Anderson
Dr. Anderson served as Director of Research on the 1968 Nixon Presidential Campaign and then as a Special Assistant and Consultant to President Nixon. He also was Chief Domestic Policy adviser to President Reagan. He has served on several government commissions and advisory boards including the Defense Manpower Commission, the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory board, and the Defense Policy Board. Dr. Anderson is currently the Keith and Jan Hurlbut Fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Jonathan C. Rose
A veteran of the U.S. Army, Mr. Rose served as Special Assistant to President Nixon, principally as deputy to Peter Flanigan. Later, he was Associate Deputy Attorney General, a position he held into the Ford Administration. He also was Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy for President Reagan. After thirty years in private practice with Jones, Day, Mr. Rose recently became Chief Rules Officer at the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, supporting the work of the five committees that deal with rules of procedure.

Bernard D. Rostker
Dr. Rostker was the Director of Selective Service and implemented the standby military draft system that is the nation’s emergency program today. Subsequently, he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, the 25th Under Secretary of the Army and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. He is a senior fellow at the RAND Corporation and the author of the critically acclaimed book, I Want You: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force.

MONDAY ★ FEBRUARY 20 ★ FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY

★ 10 AM – 5 PM – Bring the entire family (and your camera) to meet a Mount Rushmore of Presidents.

★ 1:30 PM – A special presentation on America’s Presidents in the East Room.

FREE! Cherry Pie to the first 100 guests!

A special program exploring the actions President Nixon took to end segregation in the nation’s schools and peacefully achieve his goal for a more just society.

Gerard Alexander
Dr. Alexander is an associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He is currently researching and writing a book on issues of race and the modern conservative movement in America. His previous work has examined the conditions for stable democracy, America’s policy of democratization abroad, and perceptions of the United States abroad after 9/11. He is the author of The Sources of Democratic Consolidation (Cornell University Press, 2002).

Paul H. O’Neill
Mr. O’Neill served as the 72nd Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush after serving as CEO of Alcoa for over decade. He started his career in public service in the Veterans Administration, before joining the Office of Management and Budget, ultimately becoming the White House agency’s Deputy Director.

J. Stanley Pottinger
Mr. Pottinger was Director of the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights under President Nixon. Today he is the President of Barnstorm Books and an accomplished author.

George P. Shultz
Before becoming Secretary of State to President Reagan, Dr. Shultz served in three high level cabinet posts for President Nixon including Secretary of Labor, Office of Management and Budget, and Secretary of Treasury. In 1970, he served as Vice Chair of the Presidential Committee that helped end school segregation. In addition to his government posts, Shultz also served as Dean of the University of Chicago Business School and as CEO of the Bechtel Group. In 1989, he became a Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, where he remains today.

11 Dec 1968, Washington, DC, USA — Original caption: Washington, D.C.: Following television announcement, Pres.-elect Richard Nixon poses with George Shultz, who he named as his choice for Secretary of Labor in the new administration. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

Friday ? November 18, 2011 – Monday ? January 2, 2012

Welcome the Season with Bells and Whistles

The playful holiday exhibit at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library will take visitors on a magical journey of miniature trains, chugging through breathtaking landscapes including snow covered mountain passes, Santa’s Village, the Roaring 20’s, a Wild West mining town, and New York City.

The inspiritation of the exhibit reflects Richard Nixon’s long love of trains stretching from his childhood in Yorba Linda. He recalled on the first page of his memoirs: “at night I was awakened by the whistle of a train, and then I dreamed of the far-off places I wanted to visit someday. My brothers and I played railroad games, taking the parts of engineers and conductors. I remember the thrill of talking to Everett Barnum, the Santa Fe Railroad engineer who lived in our town. All through grade school my ambition was to become a railroad engineer. ”

Polly’s Pies Restaurant, famous for its home-style cooking and wide-variety of delicious pies, will serve as the official Dining Car for the 2011 Holiday Festival of Trains.

Additional highlights of the Holiday Festival of Trains includes:

• A colorful collection of vintage tinplate engines and cars including the Stephen Girard train and the B&O passenger set.
• A sensational LEGO train metropolis, built with over one million blocks.
• Modern miniatures including the Polar Express and Thomas the Tank Engine, and Christmas classics including the Holiday Express, the Santa Clause Express, and the Christmas Express.
• Traditional favorites including the Durango Silverton passenger train, the Western Frontier, the Denver Rio Grande passenger train, and the Copper and Silver Mine train.
• Big City rail cars including the New York Central Broadway Limited, two MTA subway sets, and the Pennsylvania GG1 Electric Engine Congressional Car based on that actual train that ran from New York City to Washington, D.C.

Bring the kids -  and your camera!