Inside President Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
Other Presidential Videos I've done
Nixon Helicopter https://youtu.be/2NwOXwB7L7U
Reagan Boyhood Home https://youtu.be/PqnY5t2DGXI
Lincoln Grave https://youtu.be/_4oDL35_S2c
Transcript
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today I will be going inside the Richard
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Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
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welcome everyone Adam the whoo here the
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last time I was on this premises was
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nearly two years ago I focused on the
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helicopter and the graves of the
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president and his wife but back then
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there was a certain portion of the
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museum that was not accessible yes I
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have returned to show off things I have
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not seen before and joining me is this
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gentleman
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Jacob the carpetbagger dun dun dun dun
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dun Tata ready for this as you enter the
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front doors you have to walk over a very
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large presidential seal there he is this
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is an aerial photo of his former home
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where he resided in San Clemente
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California and they've taken that photo
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and created this miniature scale model
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almost identical to the photograph he
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had beachfront property was a train
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going by very beautiful
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this hallway signifies some of the
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events that were going on during his
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time in his administration over here are
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a bunch of pens and bumper stickers
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created with the intention of being seen
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and what I mean by that are the size the
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sheer size of these compared to my hand
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that's that's a big size bumper sticker
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that would take up pretty much the back
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half of your car nearly all if not all
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the presidential libraries have a
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recreation of the Oval Office this might
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be the first I've seen that they allow
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you to walk up to the desk and even get
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a photo in the chair
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the west wing was done a hundred years
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ago by Teddy Roosevelt when the
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government got to be too big in the Oval
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Office is right here there are other
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oval rooms in the White House
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I think the Blue Room and some other
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rooms so they just took that concept and
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brought it out here and this is where
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Trump is and then here at the library
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we've got a representation of the Rose
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Garden where President Trump would go
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for ceremonies on October 15 1969 people
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gathered in a coordinated demonstration
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across cities and college campuses for
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one of the biggest protests against the
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Vietnam War to date and here on this old
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school looking television they are
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televising the speech the response to
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the national upsurge of vocal opposition
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known as addressing the silent majority
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following the half-hour speech more than
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80,000 telegrams and letters were sent
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offering the support of his plan to end
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the war this section honors the
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prisoners of war everything from the
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bracelets to photos along the walls and
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over here in this case are some of the
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artifacts that they were allowed to have
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lighter pipe
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cigarettes even the toothpaste and soap
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right here
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on display after leaving that area were
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immediately transferred into the region
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of space travel by picking up this
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telephone we can simply listen in to
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some of the conversations that were used
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in the past touching to begin houston we
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have a problem
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this moon rock dates back to the Apollo
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15 mission and check this out down here
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pork and scallop potatoes and bacon bars
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all shrunk wrap up the one that he made
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the historic phone call about the first
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humans to walk on the moon right here
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the press those buttons picked up the
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receiver and history was made starting
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in 1971 a recording machine just like
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this one was used to record everything
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that happened in the White House
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something later he stated was probably
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stupid and he had perhaps a bit more
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honorable yeah he didn't think that was
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probably a good idea over to the left of
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the doorway is a chunk of the Berlin
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wall heavily graffiti'd on one side and
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no spray-paint at all
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on the opposite side piece of the Berlin
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wall right here the opening to China and
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in this area they have a recreation of
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Air Force one that was nicknamed piece
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of 76
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there they are standing in front of the
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Great Wall an assortment a small
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assortment of figures bearing his
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likeness and even a scale with the
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American flag on top and a boardgame
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election 68 but the most fascinating
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thing is this handgun that was brought
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into the White House by the king of rock
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and roll Elvis himself gifted that to
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Nixon I don't know if he could show up
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to the White House now with a handgun
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trying to give it to the President of
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the United States unless you're the king
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I wonder if when he received the gift he
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said well thank you well thank you very
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much there of course that would be
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Richard Nixon doing the imitation of
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Elvis that was standing in front of him
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and Elvis probably you think Elvis would
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have laughed at that yes two of the
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first ladies evening gowns one the color
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blue and the other is more of a pink
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orangish color a ssin
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and here she is wearing the same
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articles of clothing that are now on
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display right before me even Bob Hope
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paid a visit to their home which had one
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heck of a view
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they have recreated what it would have
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looked like from the window out looking
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upon the beach he's taken a little gonna
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say catnap but he's a dog he's taking
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that taking a little nap down there
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it's like Nixon really crushed it in
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this election
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yeah I don't think there was much
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competition competition right here Wow
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that's like that's that's a landslide
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victory with a margin of nearly 18
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million votes it was the largest victory
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in history even decades later they're
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still celebrating the landslide victory
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one for the ages but once you turn this
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corner the road to resignation some
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examples of where the hidden microphones
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were in each room by pressing this
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button it lights up and you can see
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according to the illumination how many
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just how many secretive taping devices
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except this one there was only one in
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the whole room and only one at the Aspen
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lodge at Camp David so only one secret
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mic there and about a dozen at the Oval
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Office Cabinet Room and the old
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executive office building like look how
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many just in the Oval Office alone after
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said
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an area is looking after window in 1912
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this home was bought by his parents on
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the property where I'm now standing and
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shortly after that he was born and they
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have recreated the farmhouse which still
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stands outside
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created this miniature you can get a
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bird's-eye above each room just to see
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how he grew up first job as an attorney
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this desk was used created by his dad
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and his father was very proud of what he
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had created especially the deep drawers
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because they were very good at holding
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all his sons law books is making his way
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into the office about to sit down and do
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some research do some studying and learn
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someone from 1942 until 1946 - the shoes
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to help target Women Voters and the
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first congressional campaign these were
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used as paraphernalia
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to help reel in some votes they're
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symbols little tiny films looks as if
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they found the perfect uber driver for
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the Tournament of Roses Parade in
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Pasadena
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the grand marshal the carpetbagger keep
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your eyes on the wheel now keep your
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eyes on the road keep your eyes on the
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road and hands on the wheel that's
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better
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it's fascinating to think that I am
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filming this footage on my phone back
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then you would have had to use something
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like this something of this magnitude
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we've come a long way
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Voice of America was the sign of the
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Trinity and that sustained me I was
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going to reference the Futurama episodes
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where his head is used but I didn't feel
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unnecessary until I discovered that the
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the museum itself has documented that
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fact here on this wall
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popular culture ever since he was in
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office and to this day stepping outside
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now is the Pat Nixon rose garden
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dedicated in 2010 to the first lady and
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as you make your way towards his
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birthplace just to the left from where
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I'm standing of the homestead are where
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him and his wife were laid to rest her
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headstone States even when people can't
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speak your language they can tell if you
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have love in your heart and she passed
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away one year before her husband the
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greatest honor history can bestow is the
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title of peacemaker and there is
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something to be said to return to your
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home where you were born and then just a
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few feet away is where you remain for
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the rest of time
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born here passed away and laid to rest
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right there last time I was out here I
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don't think you could go inside the old
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homestead but I think today it might was
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built by his father and it was from
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something called a kit a kit house oh
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wow so a hundred years old to Sears
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house well no it's not this is a sample
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to show you but you would get a
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catalogue like this Sears Monkey Ward's
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other companies and we think that he
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actually got the plans for a kit house
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and then modified him a little bit for
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his family and then had the lumber cut
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and everything so none of the lumber
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here which normally would be stamped
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with some company's name but it's
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definitely a kit house so you would get
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a hundred years ago a catalogue like
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this and then you would look at dozens
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of various plans like that and so Frank
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Nixon the father went through that
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process built this house with his Quaker
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friends in 1912 from when she when they
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were married and then getting back to
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this he learned how to play the piano
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the clarinet the violin the C saxophone
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and the accordion so he was very you
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know very musically talented saddle in
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there and there's
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you know everyone would apparently take
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their baths and that this is a stove
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from that era it's actually a
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wood-burning stove they had a kerosene
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stove which actually blew up one time
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and burn the father really bad
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pretty neat going inside there and he
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said that the father planted this tree
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back in 1912 1910 1912 early 1910 ish
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time period and still remains now when
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President Nixon passed away his casket
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and the funeral took place over in here
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all the funeral gas to pay their
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respects were in where this parking lot
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is now but his casket was sitting right
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here President Nixon's body and casket
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was right here with his birth home
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behind him back in 1999 on the 30th
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anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon
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landing Buzz Aldrin recreated his steps
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right here in the concrete you can see
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his footprints from his boots and
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they've also built a reflecting pool and
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off in the distance there you can see
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the birthplace stepping back inside now
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we are in a recreation of the East Room
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and look at the chandelier
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in that photograph they've even emulated
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these magnificent pieces along the roof
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this is a very large piano in the corner
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down this hallway are all the state
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flags across the u.s. that one has a
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bear of course California the Golden
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State has the bear but they're they're
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all here all along the wall to be a fly
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on the wall in this room or at least the
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real one this is a interpretation of the
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West Wing
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the Cabinet Room
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Dwight D Eisenhower overlooking the top
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of the mantelpiece above the fireplace
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the mahogany table was a gift from Nixon
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in 1970 each cabinet secretary is
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assigned a chair while the president
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occupies the slightly taller one at the
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center oh yeah the one in the center is
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just a few inches taller than its
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counterparts to either side I'm noticing
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this bust is very reminiscent from the
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same artist that designed the mr. Roger
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statue in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania he has
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a very unique style though I do not know
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for certain if it's the same creator but
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it might be the way the face actually
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protrudes out in certain points it's
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unlike any other artist it might be the
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same guy he has signed his name it looks
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like could say Curtis or Curtis C you
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are T is or C you are TS Columbo like
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research skills need to happen and of
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course no establishment no business
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would be complete without exiting
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through the gift shop now this is very
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tempting because I do love Elvis Presley
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I was fascinated by this photo and they
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have placed it on the front the front of
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the shirt the king of rock n roll right
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there's the postcard even has the stamp
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on there what's the front look like nice
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you're gonna get that I might that's
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right come on come on here come on look
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into my eyes see what's going on in
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there
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when you
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when I visited Reagan's birthplace not
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the library not the museum but Reagan's
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birth home they had a gift shop where
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they sold these paper dolls and there's
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one to accompany this place as well
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there's all kind of neat interesting
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things and here I do like Pez dispensers
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this is pretty cool
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you ever like the taste of Pez a low
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pass do you like the taste or you just
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like the aisle a taste of opening up a
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creation I like I like Pez slithering it
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out of there now I like Pez so much I
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don't even put it the dispenser I just
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put it in my mouth the same place I
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entered is the same place I exit and on
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the way out
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is the spirit of 76 right here a smaller
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miniaturized version of airforce one
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that is gonna do it on this endeavor
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slash adventure from Yorba Linda
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California
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spoiler alert what you're seeing right
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now is take number two I did a very
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long-winded outro before Jacob the
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carpetbagger walked in and said what did
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you say I said I don't think it's
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recording and then I looked at my phone
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and I realized it was not recourse I
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just glanced up to see if it was and
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this time it is working you learn
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something new today
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give it a thumbs up show show everyone
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how to leave a thumbs up in real life
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and on the internet by pushing the
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thumbs up you also recorded a video
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today yeah yeah I'm not gonna tell them
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where to find it but if you if you are
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smart enough you can think you can
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figure out you can figure out they can
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figure out they can figure alright it's
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Jacob the carpetbagger that's his
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channel yeah you see you guys in the
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next video vlog over no no over over say
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try to vlog over