Aug 25, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Thirty-nine years ago, President Richard Nixon, in the very same hall Abraham Lincoln used to deliver his famous “House Divided” speech that would lead to his nomination and election as President, remarked on signing a bill establishing the Lincoln Home National...
Aug 24, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
At a press conference fifty years ago today, the topic of Vice President Nixon’s role came up. President Eisenhower had this exchange with Time’s Charles Mohr: Q. Mr. Mohr: We understand that the power of decision is entirely yours, Mr. President. I just...
Aug 18, 2010 | News, Nixon Today, Pre-Presidential Years, The New Nixon
As the summer of 1948 uneventfully passed through July and entered August, Congressmen and Senators eagerly awaited a much needed respite to escape the sweltering heat characteristic of a Washington summer. As they lightheartedly made calls to reserve flights and...
Aug 17, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Yesterday, James Jackson Kilpatrick, whose journalistic career spanned nearly seven decades from 1941 until his final columns last year, died at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, of congestive heart failure. He was ten weeks short of his ninetieth...
Aug 17, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Four Presidents have participated in the Nixon Foundation’s Meet the Presidents series, but never a First Lady – until First Lady Pat Nixon graced the East Room at the Nixon Library today. She spoke to children and audience members about her rise from poverty to...
Aug 17, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Fifty years ago today, while campaigning in Greensboro, North Carolina, RN bruised his knee on a car door. Normally, such an event would go unnoticed in everyday life, much less the grand drama of a presidential race. In this case, though, the bruise led to a serious...
