Sunday, December 23, 2007
Nixon
Jimmy posted a holiday photo of Nixon, so I decided to post one of Dick with The King.On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley paid a visit to President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in Washington, D.C. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit with the President and suggesting that he be made a "Federal Agent-at-Large" in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. The events leading up to and after the meeting are detailed in the documentation and photographs included here, which include Presley's handwritten letter, memoranda from Nixon staff and aides, and the thank-you note from Nixon for the gifts (including a Colt 45 pistol and family photos) that Presley brought with him to the Oval Office.
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That's cool and funny on so many levels. I think that the gifts Presidents receive while in the office actually are mostly state gifts which end up on display at their libraries. I would love to visit the Nixon Library...I don't even know where it is or if the .45 would be on display.
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