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On this day in 1970 , RN met Elvis. Okay, that's not the most substantive historical observation that one could make today. The Orange County Register offers some very good advice about history: Beware of anachronisms. An anachronism in its broadest terms is an...
40 Years Ago – RN Returns Blue Lake to Taos Indians
On December 15, 1970, RN returned 48,000 acres of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians ending a 64 year struggle with the U.S. government. During the signing ceremony, RN stressed the immutable principles of justice and respect for religion, as well as a commitment towards...
The Eisenhowers Discuss Ike at National Archives
David and Julie Eisenhower were at the National Archives in Washington D.C. last week for a forum moderated by historian Michael Beschloss. In attendance were their good friends Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, the daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Chuck Robb...
Video: Disney Legend Launches Memoirs
Walt Disney cast members, executives, ambassadors and legends gathered in the East Room on Sunday to honor another legend, Jack Lindquist, former President of Disneyland and author of a new memoir about his 40 years working at Walt Disney Co., In Service to the Mouse....
Video: Edmund Morris Talks the Final Years of TR
Pulitzer Prize winning author Edmund Morris was at the Nixon Library on Wednesday to discuss "Colonel Roosevelt," his final masterpiece in his trilogy about America's 26th President. The capstone is 30 years in the making following bestsellers "The Rise of Theodore...
Edmund Morris Discusses “Colonel Roosevelt”
[youtube https://youtu.be/_VeSIfc_AEM] December 8, 2010: Pulitzer Prize winning author Edmund Morris discusses the final volume in his best selling trilogy on America's 25th President, "Colonel Roosevelt. Morris recounts the last decade of one of the most amazing...
David And Julie Eisenhower on “The Colbert Report”
Last night David and Julie Eisenhower went on Stephen Colbert's show to talk about their new book Going Home To Glory: A Memoir Of Life With Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969. Their conversation can be seen here. As is usually the case with Colbert's talks with...
James T. Lynn, 1927-2010
James Thomas Lynn, who succeeded George W. Romney as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Richard Nixon administration, and who continued in that post under Gerald R. Ford, died in Maryland on Monday at the age of 83. With his passing, seven of the...
Video: Sec. Rumsfeld Honored with Victory of Freedom Award
Board Chairman Ron Walker and members Larry Higby and Amb. George Argyros presented Sec. Donald Rumsfeld with the Foundation’s Victory of Freedom Award Monday evening for his determination, dedication and devotion to the cause of freedom. The master of ceremonies was...
Victory of Freedom Award Honoring Donald Rumsfeld
[youtube https://youtu.be/Yr4t_4JHsdY] December 6, 2010: The Victory of Freedom Gala also included a special tribute video to Sec. Rumsfeld featuring Speaker Newt Gingrich, Hon. Alan Greenspan, Generals Peter Pace and Richard Myers, commentator Charles Krauthammer,...