Farewell, Candlestick

Vice President Nixon and Mayor of San Francisco, George Christopher, observe construction of Candlestick Park on June 12 of 1959. Candlestick Park, the workhorse stadium that housed both the San Francisco 49ers and Giants, will host its final event tonight–in...

A Grand Salute to the Apollo 11 Astronauts

Apollo 11 State Dinner from Richard Nixon Foundation on Vimeo. President Nixon and the astronauts of Apollo 11. From left to right: Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, President Nixon, and Neil Armstrong. On August 13, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 kicked off a 45-day...

Nixon and the Agricultural Frontier

President Nixon and his Secretary of Agriculture, Earl Lauer Butz. In one of many of Richard Nixon’s campaign addresses on the American economy, the Presidential candidate addressed the necessity of reforming the nation’s abused agricultural system in a...

Cdr. Alvarez shot down 50 years ago today

On this day in 1964, Ensign Everett Alvarez was shot down amid Operation Pierce Arrow, President Johnson’s response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and the beginning of U.S. Air operations over North Vietnam and Southeast Asia. An A-4 Skyhawk pilot, Alvarez was one of...

7.28.1973 – Skylab 3 Mission Commences

It appeared that manned space flight  was in its golden age during  the Nixon presidency, as all but three manned space flights of the Apollo program were completed during President Nixon’s first term. Yet another NASA initiative was launched during RN’s...