In celebration of Pat Nixon’s 111th birthday March 16, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California hosted the late first lady with cake, free admission, and a talk with Nixon’s life-long friend, Maureen Nunn, who portrayed the first lady in her signature nylon blazer topped off with a customized wig.
The celebration was part of the museum’s day of fun “with a purpose,” wherein local nonprofits—of which Nixon supported—were present to recruit volunteers including the Pat Nixon Republican Women Federated, Guide Dogs of America, Girl Scouts of America, and others.
Onstage in the museum’s chandelier-lit East Room replica, Nunn re-lived some of Nixon’s most intimate life events, including how she came to date and marry the late president….