Following the news of President Nixon's death in New York City on Friday, April 22, thousands came to The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda to leave flowers, tributes, and condolence messages.
An all-service corps of honor carries President Nixon's casket from Air Force Aircraft 26000 (used as Air Force One during the Nixon Administration) after its arrival on Tuesday, April 26 at El Toro Marine Air Station.
The skies cleared moments before the motorcade carrying President Nixon's body arrived at the Library & Birthplace early Tuesday afternoon.
Escorted by Dr. Billy Graham, members of the Nixon family follow President Nixon's casket into the Library lobby, where the President was to lay in State.
An honor guard stood watch over the President's casket continuously from the time it was carried into the Library Tuesday afternoon until the beginning of the State funeral Wednesday afternoon. Flowers were sent to the Library by hundreds of well-wishers around the world, including Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
Despite the severe weather, local police estimate that nearly 50,000 waited as many as 18 hours for the opportunity to pay their respects to President Nixon. Throughout the night, the line stretched nearly two miles.
As the doors were opened Tuesday afternoon for the lying in State, the skies opened and produced the worst hail storm to hit Yorba Linda in a generation. Dr. Billy Graham told a friend later that the late President was making his presence felt once again in his home town. Outside the Library, members of the Library's Docent Guild assisted mourners as they left messages in a condolence book for the Nixon family.
The Nixon family. Pictured are Melanie, David, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Edward, Christopher, and Tricia Nixon Cox.
Over 4,000 attended the services, including family members, friends, a Congressional delegation of over a hundred members, and a foreign diplomatic corps of 200.
The Presidents and First Ladies. Left to right: Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton; George and Barbara Bush; Ronald and Nancy Reagan; Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter; and Gerald and Betty Ford.
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