New Display Celebrates Julie and David Eisenhower’s 55th Wedding Anniversary

Fifty-five years ago, on December 22, 1968, Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower married in a private ceremony officiated by the Reverend Norman Vincent Peale at the Marble Collegiate Church in […]
Cold War Close-up: Artifact Spotlight on the MK-57 BU Atomic Weapon

Living under the threat of impending nuclear war was one of the defining aspects of the Cold War. Nothing makes that point so real as getting to (safely) view an […]
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 […]
Ping-Pong Diplomacy: How People Coming Together Established Sino-America Détente

An American tennis table player trains with a Chinese tennis table player, in April, 1971 in Beijing, China. (AFP/Getty Images) By Charlie Cauffman On April 5, 1971, the People’s Republic […]
September 1972: Nixon Weighs Options Following Munich Terror Attack

President Nixon with Israeli Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin, June 1974. Nixon Presidential Library. By Jason Schwartz A hotbed of Cold War tension, the Middle East endured as a centrum of contrasting […]
Mediation in the Middle East

Meeting in the Oval Office between Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmi. 31 October 1973. Richard Nixon Presidential Library. By Matthew-Ryan Brazas Recently, President Trump has offered […]
Modernizing Natural Disaster Readiness and Relief

President Nixon with comedian Bob Hope. After calling into Hope’s telethon for Hurricane Camille support, Nixon championed the comprehensive Disaster Relief Act of 1970. (Photo Credit: AP) Hitting the coast […]
Address to the Nation on Progress Toward Peace in Vietnam – April 20, 1970
Address to the Nation on Progress Toward Peace in Vietnam April 20, 1970 [youtube https://youtu.be/uLb41zttEn8] Good evening, my fellow Americans: I have requested this television and radio time tonight to […]
Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia – April 7, 1971
Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia April 7, 1971 [youtube https://youtu.be/nGfKyzfJNKE] Good evening my fellow Americans. Over the past several weeks you have heard a number of […]
Address to the Nation About a New Initiative for Peace in Southeast Asia – October 7, 1970
Address to the Nation About a New Initiative for Peace in Southeast Asia October 7, 1970 [youtube https://youtu.be/gPnm_-eBqOI] Good evening, my fellow Americans: Tonight I would like to talk to […]