Nixon Opens Expo

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This file appears in: When Nixon Came to the Fair

Portions of the speech made by President Richard Nixon at the Opening Ceremony.

Footage courtesy of Dr. Larry Cebula, edited by Anna Harbine

This file appears in: When Nixon Came to the Fair

By Cory Carpenter
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 his second year of the public scandal that…