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Further Media Coverage of “Nixon Shock” Anniversary
I have posted twice this month about articles discussing the massive economic and monetary changes instituted by President Nixon in August 1971 and their continuing relevance for today. Monday marked the fortieth anniversary of the speech in which RN announced the end...
A Marker For The Home Of 32D
Virginia is a state that has a lot of historical markers. One can drive through an otherwise lonely crossroads in Hanover County, and spot an ancient, rusting sign describing it as the place where a company in Grant's army skirmished during the march to Petersburg. Or...
Ralph Albertazzie 1923-2011
President Nixon's chief Air Force One Pilot, Col. Ralph Albertazzie died at his home in Falling Waters, West Virginia Monday. He was 88. Assigned to Air Force One in December 1968, Colonel Albertazzie flew the 37th President on trips throughout the country and around...
Speaker and Mrs. Gingrich Screen New Film in East Room
Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista visited the Nixon Library Wednesday to screen City Upon a Hill: The Spirit of American Exceptionalism, their new film about the strength of character upon which America was built, and how the nation needs to recover from its...
Video: Ed Nixon Portrays Older Brother
The Orange County Register is showcasing Ed Nixon's portrayal of his older brother and the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon, the fifth president featured in the Foundation's educational summer series, Meet the Presidents. President Richard Nixon was...
Dorothy Cox Donnelly 1912-2011
Dorothy Cox Donnelly - a key staff member to Congressman, Senator, and Vice President Nixon - has died. She was 99. In 1947, Donnelly starting serving as the freshman Congressman's personal secretary in Washington, where she was a witness to his formidable work in...
More On The “Nixon Shock” of 1971
This week two columns at Bloomberg.com discuss different aspects of the economic initiatives President Nixon launched in August 1971, which produced changes in the American economy which still reverberate today. One is by Joseph J. Thorndike, a leading tax historian...
Why I Registered to Vote
Saturday, I registered to vote. Having turned 18 in May, and anxious to let myself be heard – officially, of course – in an election for the first time, I had been excited to register but just did not know how. Luckily, I ran into some activists in front of a local...
Video: RN’s New American Revolution
On August 8 – the 42nd anniversary of President Nixon’s prime time address announcing his domestic policy – the National Archives and the Richard Nixon Foundation hosted New Federalism: Returning Power to the People, the 13th in a series of Nixon Legacy Forums....
Now More Than Ever
The four words above would be familiar to many who were around in the summer and fall of 1972. They were emblazoned on countless buttons distributed by Republican campaign offices around the country to promote the thirty-seventh President's re-election: in red letters...