LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A planned yearlong centennial celebration of Richard Nixon's birth is due to kick off on Sunday at his presidential library in Southern California, with military honors and the laying of a wreath by the eldest daughter of the late 37th U.S. president.
Nixon, the Cold War-era Republican stalwart who opened U.S. relations with communist China and became the only American president to resign from office, leaving the White House in disgrace over the Watergate scandal, would have turned 100 this week.
He died in 1994 at age 81.
The Richard Nixon Foundation plans to observe his complicated legacy with various events throughout the year, starting with the event on Sunday at the official Nixon library run by the foundation and the National Archives in Yorba Linda, California - his birthplace.
Among those set to attend are his eldest daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, who will lay a White House wreath from President Barack Obama, organizers said.
Bruce Herschensohn, who was a speech-writer for the president, will deliver the keynote address, followed by a flyover by a squadron of U.S. fighter jets, musical presentations by a U.S. Marine band and a 21-gun salute.
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