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7.6.1971 – RN Stresses Nation’s Moral Health
On July 6, 1971, in an address regarding his political agenda on domestic policy in Kansas City, Missouri, President Richard Nixon emphasized his administration’s unwavering dedication to creating healthy citizens, a healthy environment, and a healthy economy for the...
7.5.1971 – Thirty-Nine Years Ago: RN Gives 18 Year Olds Voting Rights
On July 5, 1971, President Nixon, following the signing of Administrator of General Services Robert L. Kunzig and along with three members of the choir “Young Americans in Concert,” signed the certification of the 26th Amendment. This historic event took place in the...
The Forgotten Old South Church of the American Revolution
In September of 1775, five months after the battles of Lexington and Concord, and while the shot heard ‘round the world later immortalized by Ralph Waldo Emerson still echoed, some Continental Army volunteers gathered at a church in the small coastal Massachusetts...
30 Out Of 43, Say (Some) Historians
For a number of years, the Siena Research Institute of Siena College has periodically polled historians to determine how they rank the Presidents from George Washington to the present. And, the last several times the results were announced, Franklin D. Roosevelt has...
Hugh O’Brian And Ed Nixon Meet
The Prescott, Arizona Daily Courier has a new article about Hugh O'Brian, star of TV's popular Wyatt Earp series a half-century ago. (In an accompanying photo, he sports the famous flat-brimmed Earp hat.) The 85-year-old actor, who is also reported to be the youngest...
Troopathon Raises over $540K at the Nixon Library
Move America Forward hosted its Third Annual Troopathon at the Nixon Library on Thursday raising over $540,000 in care packages which will be sent to American troops serving over seas. Co-hosted by Melanie Morgan, Mark Williams and blogger Andrew Breitbart, guests...
RN’s Response to the Santa Barbara Oil Spill
For the last three months, the nation has been consumed with the consequences of offshore oil spills. The BP Gulf of Mexico spill has yet to end; on April 20, a deep-sea oil rig exploded and killed eleven workers, causing millions of gallons of oil to spew into the...
Meet the Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt
[youtube https://youtu.be/-Nw_FdyFJ-A] June 29, 2010: Teddy Roosevelt presents the second of the free Summer Series, Meet the Presidents. The 26th President talked to youngsters about commanding the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War and his domestic and foreign...
Video: Roosevelt Rocks the East Room
President Theodore Roosevelt gave a presentation to youngsters today in the East Room of the Nixon Library, where he spoke about his time in elected office as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, leader of the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War, and tenure as the...
Guns, Butter, and Accuracy
At Salon, former House staffer David Sirota has an article about spending priorities. It begins: The last time America found itself in a budget debate pitting domestic priorities against war expenditures, Richard Nixon was in the White House and David Obey was the...