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The Most Misunderstood Presidential Marriage: Pat and Dick Nixon
The following is an excerpt from Pat and Dick: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage written by Will Swift, a leading presidential biographer. Will Swift’s website is www.willswift.com You can see more about the book at:...
40 Years Ago – RN Signs the Endangered Species Act
On December 28, 1973, RN pledged to protect the nation's endangered species from extinction. The move was part of his sweeping environmental agenda which included the National Environmental Protection Act and the creation of the EPA, the Clean Air and Clean Water...
When the King Met the President
[easingsliderlite] Photos of RN meeting with Elvis Presley and band members in the Oval Office. On this day 43 years ago, Rock n' Roll royalty met the leader of the free world--two iconic figures, different in trade but similar in spirit--in an iconic event. The...
RN and the Fight Against Football Fatality and Injury
Documents from the archives of President Nixon’s personal file collection reveal the President’s personal interest in football fatalities and methods towards reducing such incidents, particularly as they occurred in interscholastic high school competition where...
Richard Nixon, Setting A Post-Presidential Example
Earlier this month, an article by Anneta Konstantinides at ABC News's site considered the question of what President Obama might do after he leaves office on January 20, 2017. The President recently joked that he might go to work for ESPN, but on a more serious...
RN and the Christmas Tree of Peace
With Christmas a mere twelve days away, we are reminded of an American Christmas tradition that dates back to the 1920s when Calvin Coolidge was President of the United States: the annual lighting of the national Christmas tree. We are also reminded of President...
RN’s Support of American Allies
In a Washington Post article last week, commentator Charles Krauthammer criticized the Obama administration’s response to the definitive foreign policy crises of our time, citing failures across the board on the three ultimate international issues of the past month:...
RN and the Day of Infamy
RN answered the call for service following the attacks on Pearl Harbor, serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946. On this day, 72 years ago, Pearl Harbor was attacked and bombed by an Imperial Japanese Navy. On the anniversary of the “day that will live in infamy,”...
RN: The Abraham Lincoln of American Indians
On the night of May 9, 1970, President Nixon made an unannounced and unprecedented visit to the Lincoln Memorial after his decision to attack North Vietnamese sanctuaries in Cambodia. He spoke to the youth who had been camped there preparing for the next day’s...
Nixon Enforces Civil Rights
By Scott Carlson A White House Press Release detailing the Nixon Adminstration's policies on the subject of desegregation of America's elementary and secondary schools. Prior to President Nixon’s first term, the first great strides were made in the civil rights...