Nixon on Opening Day
This file appears in: When Nixon Came to the Fair: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour
Here President Nixon delivers a speech declaring the 1974 World's Fair open to the citizens of the world.
Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
This file appears in: When Nixon Came to the Fair: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour
When Nixon Came to the Fair: Expo '74 and Riverfront Park Tour
In May of 1974, an embattled President Richard Nixon visited Spokane to dedicate the 1974 World's Fair against a backdrop of lies, cover-ups, and political drama. By this time, the president was in…