Abraham Lincoln, played by Robert Broski, gives a speech during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. Listening on stage are actors portraying George Washington, James Madison and Ulysses S. Grant. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
George Washington, played by Gary Beard, celebrates a visitor dumping tea into the harbor during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. The display was part of America 250, A More Perfect Union exhibit. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Gianna Castellano takes a photo with George Washington, played by Gary Beard, during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Historic items are displayed during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Abraham Lincoln, played by Robert Broski, gives a speech during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. Listening on stage are actors portraying George Washington, James Madison and Ulysses S. Grant. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Actors portraying James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant listen as George Washington gives a speech during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Visitors listen to speaches from past presidents during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
George Washington, played by Gary Beard, talks to visitors about the crossing of the Delaware during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Jim Ponnet, 74, takes a photo with Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. Lincoln is played by Robert Broski and Grant is played by Jaxson Brashier. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Visitors pass presidential portraits during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Visitors listen to speaches from past presidents during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Abraham Lincoln, played by Robert Broski, gives a speech during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Abraham Lincoln, played by Robert Broski, gives a speech during a Presidents’ Day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Monday, February 16, 2026. Listening on stage are actors portraying George Washington, James Madison and Ulysses S. Grant. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A who’s who of influential American presidents visited the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum for Presidents’ Day on Monday, Feb. 16.
Abraham Lincoln, James Madison and George Washington were among the presidents taking photos and sharing important moments with visitors to the Yorba Linda museum — or at least actors portraying the historical leaders were. The Nixon Library’s presidential reenactors are always a popular attraction for the holiday.
This year, visitors were also able to tour “America 250: A More Perfect Union,” a special exhibit at the presidential library on display with rare artifacts and interactive experiences highlighting important moments in the journey of the United States.