Members of the Yorba Linda Girl Scout honor guard, Dylan Welch, left, Ava Duff, Mia Myerscough, Guilana Welch, behind, and Penny Drasdo, right, lay a wreath at the grave of Pat Nixon for the First Lady’s birthday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA, on Monday, March 16, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ava Duff, a member of the Yorba Linda Girl Scout honor guard, delivers the Pledge of Allegiance during a wreath laying ceremony at the grave of Pat Nixon for the First Lady’s birthday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA, on Monday, March 16, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Joe Lopez, Acting President & CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation, during a wreath laying ceremony at the grave of Pat Nixon for the First Lady’s birthday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA, on Monday, March 16, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mike Shanahan holds on to two flags during a wreath laying ceremony at the grave of Pat Nixon for the First Lady’s birthday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA, on Monday, March 16, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Joe Lopez, Acting President & CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation, during a wreath laying ceremony at the grave of Pat Nixon for the First Lady’s birthday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA, on Monday, March 16, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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Members of the Yorba Linda Girl Scout honor guard, Dylan Welch, left, Ava Duff, Mia Myerscough, Guilana Welch, behind, and Penny Drasdo, right, lay a wreath at the grave of Pat Nixon for the First Lady’s birthday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA, on Monday, March 16, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Born in the same year, 1912, the Girl Scouts and Pat Nixon were linked from the time she was a troop leader for her daughters to when she was first lady and became honorary national president of the Girl Scouts.
On Monday, members of the Yorba Linda Girl Scout honor guard helped pay tribute at the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum to Nixon on what would have been her 114th birthday.
Girl Scout Ava Duff gave a speech and led the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by other speakers and a wreath-laying ceremony at the first lady’s grave site in Yorba Linda.
The presidential library also held its annual day of service in the first lady’s honor, with a community service fair focusing on causes championed by Pat Nixon.