Jun 18, 2020 | Nixon Today
Fifty years ago today, the National Park Service hosted a novel activities fair for Washington, D.C.’s lucky residents. More than one thousand youngsters and their families participated in martial arts training, chopped and molded woodwork, listened and danced to...
May 1, 2020 | Nixon Today
President Nixon’s Historic Visit to the Lincoln Memorial May 9, 1970 An Impromptu Meeting In the early hours of May 9, 1970, as many as 100,000 protesters gathered in Washington for a demonstration against the Kent State killings and the Cambodian incursion....
Apr 28, 2020 | Nixon Today
Fifty years ago today, in an address to the nation from the Oval Office, President Nixon announced that US and South Vietnamese forces were conducting a limited operation against the North Vietnamese and Vietcong sanctuaries inside Cambodia that were being used to...
Apr 24, 2020 | Nixon Today
In the Statement on Signing Bill Designating the Ventana Wilderness, California, fifty years ago, President Nixon wrote, “Wilderness, unspoiled by man, is deeply rooted in American history and tradition. In the past, our task was to conquer it. Today we must struggle...
Apr 17, 2020 | News, Nixon Today
Fifty years ago today, President Nixon awarded the Apollo 13 astronauts the Medal of Freedom, saying “Never before in the history of man have more people watched together, prayed together, and rejoiced together at your safe return, than on this occasion.” Apollo...
