Six Presidents In Search Of Mexican Cuisine

Today at the blog of OC Weekly, Gustavo Arellano writes about “Six Presidential Encounters With Mexican Food, Ranked From Best To Worst.”  Of the six Chief Executives discussed, Richard Nixon, as a native Californian, had the longest experience with...

Eisenhowers and Rumsfelds Highlight Alumni Reunion

Nearly two-hundred former Nixon White House and Administration officials gathered Monday evening in Washington D.C. for the inaugural meeting of the Richard Nixon Alumni Association. Special guests included RN’s daughter and son-in-law, Julie and David Eisenhower, and...

“Duke Missed A Prize” In 1981

North Carolina, the “Tar Heel State,” is the birthplace of two Presidents, James Knox Polk and Andrew Johnson. (Andrew Jackson is recorded as having been born in South Carolina, near its northern border, but some historians still argue that the seventh...

How American, RN 1913-1994

On April 27, 1994, on the day of Richard Nixon’s state funeral attended by four living Presidents, Senator Bob Dole gave a stirring eulogy in honor of the 37th President, calling his story the epitome of the American dream and the era he lived in the “Age...

ACS Commemorates 40 Years of War on Cancer

In 1971, RN launched the War on Cancer, bringing a series of Federal initiatives to bear against the deadly disease and – in the process – revolutionizing the field of biomedical research. Today there are 61 designated cancer centers and 300 different antidotes...