On D-Day, supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, Dwight D. Eisenhower sent thousands of young men into the hardest hours of their lives.
Nearly 20 years later, he returned to Normandy, not only as a former president, but as the commander who never forgot the cost.
“They bought us time so we can do better.”
#DDay #WWII
Step inside the Nixon Library`s latest special exhibit: America 250: A More Perfect Union.
Fox News Chief Political Anchor @bretbaier recently took viewers inside the America 250 exhibit at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum while filming a live edition of @specialreport.
With America`s 250th anniversary on the horizon, exhibits like this one are bringing our founding story to life in ways that resonate across generations.
🔗 A link with more details about the exhibit is in bio!
At a talk at the Nixon Library this past week, @bretbaier highlighted how President Nixon established the Bicentennial Commission, citing these words from his first inaugural address:
"Eight years from now America will celebrate its 200th anniversary as a nation. Within the lifetime of most people now living, mankind will celebrate that great new year which comes only once in a thousand years—the beginning of the third millennium.
What kind of a nation we will be, what kind of a world we will live in, whether we shape the future in the image of our hopes, is ours to determine by our actions and our choices."
Baier reflected that the question President Nixon posed then echoes today: What kind of nation shall we become?
For Baier, the answer to that question depends on us, stating, "We need to focus on the things that are great about this country now, and we especially need to have our kids learn our history — that essentially lays the groundwork for our future."
The loss of civics and history education in schools was a recurring theme of the evening. "I really think that civics is lost in our schools. And history is being lost in our schools. And it`s an emergency — it`s a five-alarm fire," Baier said.
It’s time to get excited for America’s 250th birthday!
There’s no better place to celebrate our nation’s story than the Nixon Library.
Our new special exhibit, America250: A More Perfect Union, explores the leadership, conflict, ideals, and unfinished work that shaped America from 1776 to 2026.
Experience the full exhibit at the Nixon Library. Link in bio.
Edits are probably the most important art form right now.
"Let us bear witness to the plain truth that we can only insure that our soldiers and sailors and marines and airmen have not died in vain by resolving, as citizens of the land for which they died, that we shall not ourselves live in vain." -RN
This #MemorialDay, the Richard Nixon Foundation honored the brave Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation with a wreath-laying ceremony. Gold Star daughter Danielle Guthrie and Gold Star son Roy Knight participated in the ceremony.
Words worth sitting with this #memorialday🇺🇸, from Everett Alvarez Jr. - the longest-held POW of the Vietnam War and Director Emeritus of the Richard Nixon Foundation.
Link to full article in bio!
This is a series brought to you by @advancethedream called The American Dream Video Project, which showcases real stories that illuminate pathways to opportunity.
On March 18, 1992, in a letter to a high school teacher, former President Nixon recommended 12 essential reads for young people interested in history and biography:
1. Tolstoy’s, War and Peace
2. Tolstoy’s, Anna Karenina
3. Dostoevsky’s, The Possessed
4. Blake’s, Disraeli
5. Churchill’s, Great Contemporaries
(Among all of Churchill’s voluminous books, your students will find this one the most interesting and instructive in the event that they decide to choose politics as a career.)
6. Barbara Tuchman’s, The Guns of August
7. Crozier’s, De Gaulle
8. Elizabeth Longford’s, Wellington
9. Ulysses Grant’s, Memoirs
(This is universally regarded as the best Presidential memoir in history.)
10. Paul Johnson’s, Modern Times
11. Edmund Morris’, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
12. August Heckscher’s, Woodrow Wilson
Richard Nixon stood on the highest mountain tops and walked the deepest valleys.
After serving as US Congressman, Senator, and Vice President, Nixon lost one of the closest presidential races in history. Two years later, he lost his campaign for Governor of California. ABC News even aired a special called The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon.
Everyone counted him out.
Six years later, Richard Nixon was elected the President of the United States. He was re-elected in a landslide.
Then came the deepest valley yet. In 1974, Richard Nixon resigned from office.
But the day was not over. His greatest comeback was still ahead. For the next twenty years, he wrote bestselling books, met with world leaders, and advised presidents. He served the country he loved until the very end.
His evening hadn`t come. Neither has yours.
You can always have a comeback.
Richard Nixon on dealing with China: know the history, understand the stakes, and negotiate from strength.
At the close of Wednesday evening’s program with Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Justice reflected on what Richard Nixon means to him and to the country.
➡️Swipe to see full quote. At the close of last evening’s program with Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Justice reflected on what Richard Nixon means to him and to the country.
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