LOS ANGELES (AP) — History is being restored at the Richard Nixon Library, where the Watergate exhibit once told visitors nearly four decades after the scandal led to his resignation that it was really a “coup” by his rivals.
For years the library exhibit that retraces the former president’s notorious saga was a target of ridicule, panned for omissions and editing that academics and critics said shaped a legacy favorable to the tainted 37th president.
On Thursday, archivists will present a revamped and expanded version of the exhibit at the Yorba Linda CA library, a $500,000 makeover they say is faithful to fact, balanced and devoid of political judgment.
“What we tried to do is lay out the record and encourage visitors to come in … and draw their own conclusions,” said Susan Cooper, a spokeswoman for the National Archives.
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