Richard Nixon
Address
501-599 St Joseph St
Rapid City, SD 57701
44.081657, -103.226699
Thirty-Seventh President of the United States
1969-1974
Location: Near the Parking Garage off of 6th Street
Sculptor: Edward E. Hlavka
Facts:
- He became the only president to resign from office as a result to the Watergate scandal
- He succeeded in ending American fighting in Vietnam, was able to improve relations with the Soviet Union and reduced tensions with China
- In 1969, he welcomed back the astronauts who successfully made the first moon landing.