Sep 8, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
Vice President Dick Cheney made his first West Coast appearance at the Nixon Library Wednesday since the launch of his explosive new political memoir, In My Time. More than 750 people packed the East Room to hear the Vice President – accompanied on-stage by...
Sep 5, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
More than one thousand gathered at the Nixon Library to witness a stirring reminder of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001: the arrival of 20 tons of World Trade Center steel remnants and a New York Fire Department aerial ladder truck damaged during rescue...
Sep 5, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
On September 25, 1972 President Nixon issued a memo to his Secretary of State William Rogers establishing a Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism. The creation of this committee was a direct response to the Black September terrorist attack at the 1972 Olympic Games in...
Sep 5, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
In the OC Register, columnist Brian Calle opines on the portrayal of the 37th President in the new Watergate exhibit at the Nixon Library and the future of the presidential library system: Some controversy over the recently revised Watergate exhibit at the Nixon...
Aug 20, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
I have posted twice this month about articles discussing the massive economic and monetary changes instituted by President Nixon in August 1971 and their continuing relevance for today. Monday marked the fortieth anniversary of the speech in which RN announced the end...
Aug 20, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
Virginia is a state that has a lot of historical markers. One can drive through an otherwise lonely crossroads in Hanover County, and spot an ancient, rusting sign describing it as the place where a company in Grant’s army skirmished during the march to...
