Article: A TRIUMPHANT NIXON WELCOMED AT OPENING.(Main)

Byline: Ellen Uzelac Baltimore Sun

Sixteen years after leaving the White House in disgrace, former President Nixon was welcomed home a hero Thursday in a celebration that brought four U.S. presidents together.

The controversial former president returned in triumph to his birthplace to dedicate the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, a $21 million research center for scholars and visitors that many regard as a centerpiece of Nixon's public rehabilitation.

Three presidents - George Bush, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford - heaped warm praise on Nixon, who resigned from the Oval Office in humiliation in 1974 after the Watergate scandal ended his long ...

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