Mar 21, 2016 | News, The New Nixon
Richard Nixon playing the “Missouri Waltz” at the dedication of the Harry Truman Presidential Library and Museum, March 21, 1969. Courtesy of the Truman Presidential Library and Museum. “Powerful ideological differences cannot always be bridged with...
Nov 2, 2015 | News, Nixon's Comeback, Post-Presidential Years, Pre-Presidential Years, Republican Party, The New Nixon
The polarizing rhetoric in presidential candidate Barry Goldwater’s 1964 acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention left the Republican Party torn between his and Governor Rockefeller’s loyalists. Months later, Goldwater lost in a landslide defeat to...
Aug 18, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon gives remarks to representatives of Springfield, Illinois before signing a bill establishing the Lincoln Home National Historic Site. President Nixon in the Old State Capitol Building of Springfield, Illinois signing H.R. 9798, a bill establishing the...
Aug 14, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
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...
Aug 13, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
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...
Aug 12, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
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...
