Nixon Today
A Golden Age Visit—Remembering President Nixon’s 1972 Trip to Iran
Immediately following a historic trip to the Soviet Union, President Nixon visited the Iranian capital of Tehran. The two-day visit featured a full-itinerary including a state dinner hosted by The Imperial Majesties The Shahanshah and Shahbanu, a wreath-laying at Tomb...
50th Anniversary of Moscow Summit
On the heels of a historic visit to China in February, President Nixon made another historic first in May 1972 by becoming the first U.S. President to visit Moscow. This was part of Nixon’s grand strategy of foreign policy centered on Triangular Diplomacy—seizing on...
50th Anniversary of White House Blue Room Renovations
May 15th marks the 50th Anniversary of First Lady Pat Nixon’s debut of the newly refurbished Blue Room. The Blue Room was returned to its original French Empire style inspired by the French Bellangé suite of furniture President James Monroe purchased for the room in...
“Peace for Generations to Come”
“My fellow Americans, let us therefore unite as a nation in a firm and wise policy of real peace–not the peace of surrender, but peace with honor–not just peace in our time, but peace for generations to come.” President Nixon concluded his speech to the American...
The Environmental Legacy of President Nixon
During his first State of the Union address, delivered in 1970, President Nixon designated the environment as the defining issue of the new decade. “The great question of the Seventies is…shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage...
50 Years of “Panda-monium”
This April marks the 50th anniversary of the arrival of a pair of Giant Pandas to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. This followed President and Mrs. Nixon’s historic trip to the People’s Republic of China in February 1972, which set the stage for normalization of...
Beyond the First Pitch- President Nixon’s Lifetime Love of Baseball
“The nation’s number-one baseball fan” - this is how reporter Cliff Evans referred to President Nixon in 1972 and it's a description he lived up to throughout his life. From attending his first in-person major league baseball game as a young law student in 1936 to his...
Richard Nixon on Russia
In his final book Beyond Peace —published posthumously— President Nixon wrote: “Throughout the Cold War, we looked forward to a time when we might live in a peaceful world, with harmonious international relations, prosperous economies reaping the benefits of unlimited...
50 Years Ago Today, President Nixon Arrived in China
50 years ago today President and Mrs. Nixon landed on Air Force One in Beijing to begin their historic visit to the People's Republic of China. Read about why President Nixon went to China and how this became the most important diplomatic overture of the second half...
50th Anniversary of Richard Nixon’s Trip to China
From the Memoirs of Richard Nixon Volume Two: On February 17, 1972 at 10:35 A.M. we left Andrews Air Force Base for Peking. As the plane gathered speed and then took to the air, I thought of Malraux's words. We were embarking upon a voyage of philosophical discovery...