State Historian Adele Lancaster is pleased to announce that State Regent Debra Jamison will be presenting the DAR History Award Medal to The Richard Nixon Foundation on Friday, February 15, 2013, during a ceremony to open the Richard Nixon Centennial Special Exhibit: Patriot. President. Peacemaker. The Foundation is a privately supported, non-profit institution dedicated to educating the public about the life, legacy, and times of our Thirty-Seventh President.

Members and their families are invited to attend the ceremony (free) which begins at 11:00 at the Nixon Library and Birthplace, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda, California. A luncheon ($35) follows at noon. To reserve a place at the ceremony and/or the luncheon, use the following link:

http://nixonfoundation.org/ai1ec_event/richard-nixon-centennial-special-exhibit-opening

Historic Preservation is one of the responsibilities of our Society and honoring those whose study and promotion of American history has significantly advanced our understand of our nation’s past is part of that responsibility.

We hope you will be able to join us for the presentation of this prestigious award.

Adele Lancaster
State Historian
historian@californiadar.org