The Osborne Brothers perform for the First Family of the United States at the White House in Washington DC, United States on March 17, 1973. Wearing an oversize green satin bow-tie President Nixon arrives on a stage. He explains that he wears the green tie because it is St. Patrick's Day. He also notes that Mrs. Nixon also wears green and that it is her birthday. The crowd applauds. The First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon, her daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and sons in law Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower seated. President Nixon joins his family after introducing the performers and commenting on this being an evening with "American" music. The Osborne Brothers perform a song called "Rocky Top."The crowd applauds. (This Osborne Brothers' performance marks the first ever performance of Bluegrass Music at the White House.)
American country music singer Merle Haggard performs at the White House in Washington DC, United States for U.S. President Richard Nixon and his family on March 17, 1973. Merle Haggard performs "Okie from Muskogee" for the Nixon Family. President Nixon, the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon, their daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and sons in law Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower seated. A crowd applauds.
American country music singer Merle Haggard performs at the White House in Washington DC, United States for U.S. President Richard Nixon and his family on March 17, 1973. Merle Haggard performs for the Nixon Family. President Nixon, the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon, her daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and her sons in law Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower seated. Merle Haggard sings 'Fightin' Side of Me'.
Singers perform at the White House in Washington DC, United States for U.S. President Richard Nixon and his family on March 17, 1973. Merle Haggard performs for the Nixon Family. President Nixon, the First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon, her daughters Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and her sons in law Edward F. Cox and David Eisenhower seated and applauding after the performance. Merle Haggard thanks the audience and reads out few words for Mrs. Nixon. President Nixon and wife Pat Nixon walk up the stage to thank Merle Haggard and the Osborne Brothers for their performance. President Nixon speaks a few words into a microphone. President Nixon and wife Pat Nixon shake hands with the performers before leaving the stage.
Self-portrait of Republican nominee Richard Nixon aired during his 1968 presidential run against Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace in the United States. A photograph of Richard Nixon with his wife Pat Nixon. Richard Nixon's childhood photographs and family portraits. Richard Nixon tells his own story. Nixon says that his mother's side of the family were Quakers and father's side of the family were Methodists. He speaks about his grandmother. Photographs of his grandmother. Exteriors of the house of Nixon's grandmother.
Self-portrait of Republican nominee Richard Nixon aired during his 1968 presidential run against Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace in the United States. Richard Nixon recounts his past and speaks about his father Francis A. Nixon. Nixon says that his father was a very determined person who wanted him to accomplish what he could not accomplish in his life. He speaks about achievements of his uncle who is the younger brother of his father. An old photograph showing the Nixon Family in Ohio. He says that his father started working on a farm at the age of nine. Nixon states that he was born in a house his father had built. A picture of Richard Nixon's father standing in front of the house where Richard Nixon was born.
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