Nov 7, 2022 | Nixon Speeches, Nixon Today, Presidency
By the summer of 1972, the Nixon administration had made great strides in domestic policy in addition to its historic foreign policy achievements in China, Russia and Vietnam. As a result, President Nixon was riding high in the polls throughout the year, and he was...
Oct 28, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Middle East, News, Presidency
On October 26, the Nixon Foundation hosted professor, columnist, and foreign policy grand strategist, Walter Russell Mead to discuss his latest book, The Arc of a Covenant, as part of their continuing American civics educational programming. In The Arc of a Covenant,...
Oct 21, 2022 | Communism, Exhibits, News
In February 1980 the Americans and Soviets dramatically faced-off in the hockey rink. Remembered as “The Miracle on Ice,” the American upset of the heavily-favored Soviet team at the 1980 Winter Olympics was deemed the 20th century’s top sports moment by Sports...
Oct 18, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Middle East, Nixon Today, Presidency
Shah of Iran’s Official State Visit in October 1969 Just two days after President Nixon’s inauguration, January 22, 1969, His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shahanshah of Iran, wrote a letter of congratulations to the new President. Included in this...
Oct 14, 2022 | News, Women's Affairs
On October 13, the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of South Carolina took to the Nixon Library’s East Room stage for a wide-ranging conversation of inspiration as part of the Nixon Foundation’s American civics programming. Ambassador Haley...