{"id":180759,"date":"2026-02-16T23:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/180759\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T23:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:52:13","slug":"nixon-library-visitors-spent-presidents-day-with-influential-american-leaders-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/180759\/","title":{"rendered":"Nixon Library visitors spent Presidents\u2019 Day with influential American leaders \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Abraham<\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln, played by Robert Broski, gives a speech during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

\"George<\/p>\n

George Washington, played by Gary Beard, celebrates a visitor dumping tea into the harbor during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

\"Gianna<\/p>\n

Gianna Castellano takes a photo with George Washington, played by Gary Beard, during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

\"Historic<\/p>\n

Historic items are displayed during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

\"Abraham<\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln, played by Robert Broski, gives a speech during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

\"Actors<\/p>\n

Actors portraying James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant listen as George Washington gives a speech during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

\"Visitors<\/p>\n

Visitors listen to speaches from past presidents during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

\"George<\/p>\n

George Washington, played by Gary Beard, talks to visitors about the crossing of the Delaware during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

\"Jim<\/p>\n

Jim Ponnet, 74, takes a photo with Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

\"Visitors<\/p>\n

Visitors pass presidential portraits during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

\"Visitors<\/p>\n

Visitors listen to speaches from past presidents during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

\"Abraham<\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln, played by Robert Broski, gives a speech during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

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Abraham Lincoln, played by Robert Broski, gives a speech during a Presidents\u2019 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)\n<\/p>\n

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A who\u2019s who of influential American presidents visited the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum for Presidents\u2019 Day on Monday, Feb. 16.<\/p>\n

Abraham Lincoln, James Madison and George Washington were among the presidents taking photos and sharing important moments with visitors to the Yorba Linda museum \u2014 or at least actors portraying the historical leaders were. The Nixon Library\u2019s presidential reenactors are always a popular attraction for the holiday.<\/p>\n

This year, visitors were also able to tour \u201cAmerica 250: A More Perfect Union,\u201d a special exhibit at the presidential library<\/a> on display with rare artifacts and interactive experiences highlighting important moments in the journey of the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abraham Lincoln, played by Robert Broski, gives a speech during a Presidents\u2019 Day celebration at the Richard Nixon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,179,23,11975,611,136,7537],"class_list":["post-180759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-community","tag-local-news","tag-nixon-library","tag-orange-county","tag-top-stories","tag-yorba-linda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}