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President Nixon Makes D-Day Proclamation
As today marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasions of Normandy, the New Nixon Blog rewinds to 1969, when President Nixon issued a proclamation on the 25th anniversary of D-Day. Read the full proclamation below: Proclamation 3915 D-Day Twenty-Fifth Anniversary...
6.5.1974 – President Nixon Addresses Naval Academy Graduates
An elated United States Naval Academy graduate after receiving his diploma. President Nixon watches in amusement. On June 5, 1974, President Nixon addressed the graduating class of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Having been the first class to...
6.5.69 – President Nixon Announces Nomination of Donald E. Johnson to be Administrator of Veterans Affairs
President Nixon announces Donald E. Johnson as his nominee for Administrator of Veterans Affairs on the lawn of the Newporter Inn - June 5, 1969. On the morning of June 5, 1969, prior to his departure for Hawaii in preparation for the Midway Island talks with...
Nixon and Reagan: Leaders of a Bygone Era
Today--June 5, 2014--marks the 10th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's passing. Nixonfoundation.org celebrates the late leader's legacy with a photographic collection that gives visual credence to his and President Richard Nixon's close relationship....
6.4.1969—RN Addresses the Air Force Academy Commencement Exercises in Colorado Springs
Before the President’s address at the Air Force Academy Commencement at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, the Nixon family watches a flyover by the Air Force’s Thunder Bird team. The F-4E Phantoms of the Thunderbird team at Falcon Stadium. On June 4, 1969, President...
6.4.1970 – President Nixon Congratulates Presidential Scholars
President Nixon addresses the young crowd of 119 Presidential Scholars in the East Room of the White House, June 4, 1970. The President's schedule is often, if not always, consumed with meetings and formal presentations. So much so that he does not always have time to...
President Nixon Addresses the Nation on the Cambodian Sanctuary Operation
President Nixon enjoys a lighter moment before addressing the nation on the evening of June 3, 1970. On the evening of June 3, 1970, President Nixon told the nation in a televised address that the Cambodian sanctuary operation launched one month ago had been...
President Nixon Pushes for Youth Opportunity
President Nixon meets with members of the President's Council on Youth Opportunity. On this day in 1971, President Nixon released a statement about summer job and recreation opportunities for youth. The statement reiterated the Nixon administration's goal in expanding...
President Nixon Welcomes President Rafael Caldera of Venezuela On This Day in 1970
President and Mrs. Nixon greet President Rafael Caldera of Venezuela on June 2, 1970. 44 years ago today, President Nixon honored the President of Venezuela's state visit to the United States with full military honors, a state dinner, and favorable policy initiatives....
CNN Series “The Sixties” Looks At First Nixon-Kennedy Debate
By Robert Nedelkoff As Chris Barber points out in this blog , the current season of AMC's long running series Mad Men has been exploring the life of adman Don Draper and his contemporaries during the first months of the Nixon Administration. But longtime fans of the...