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Why Europe was President Nixon’s First Foreign Trip
By Chris Barber Having witnessed the necessity of U.S. support for post-war Western Europe under the Marshall Plan as a Congressman, Richard Nixon the President viewed his first foreign trip to Europe as priority above all else. On February 6, 1969, President Nixon...
Finding Mutual Respect: The Shanghai Communiqué
By Chris Barber A new era of Sino-U.S. relations as the flags of both countries are displayed side by side in mutual respect. 42 years ago— on a day that marked the end of President Nixon’s stay in the People’s Republic of China—RN observed: “We have been here a week....
Nixon, the Peacemaker, in China
Max Lerner, syndicated American journalist and known Nixon opponent, said of President Nixon's announcement of his planned trip to Beijing, "The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope." That hope being the framework for a...
45 Years Ago — D.C. Home Rule Begins With Swearing in of Mayor Washington
By Chris Barber RN and Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall swearing in Walter E. Washington, accompanied by his wife, as Mayor of the District of Columbia. This week marks the 45th anniversary of President Nixon's swearing-in of Walter E. Washington as Mayor of the...
Celebrating Pat and Dick on Valentine’s Day
By Will Swift, author of the newly released Pat and Dick: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage Click here for PAT AND DICK: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage The President and Mrs. Nixon walk on the beach in San Clemente. When Dick Nixon and...
RN’s Admiration for Abraham Lincoln
By Chris Barber A portrait of President Nixon in the Oval Office. A bust of President Lincoln sets the background. To commemorate the 205th birthday of our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, The New Nixon takes a look at the great figure and savior of the Union through...
Nixon and Connally
The Nixons and Connallys at the Connally ranch in August 1972. This Tuesday marks the anniversary of Richard Nixon’s appointment of John Connally as the United States’ sixty-first Secretary of the Treasury and the early stages of what, at least at the time and to...
It Was 50 Years Ago Today Tricia And Julie Saw The Beatles Play
Sunday, February 9, marks the 50th anniversary of the evening - also on a Sunday - when John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, collectively known as The Beatles, stepped onto the stage of CBS TV's Ed Sullivan Show and, in less than an hour,...
45 Years Ago Today – RN Meets with Roy Wilkins of the NAACP
RN with Roy Wilkins speaking to the press in the Fish Room of the White House. On February 7, 1969, RN met with the executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Roy Wilkins. Wilkins, known as the senior statesman of the...
43 Years Ago, RN’s Statement on Executive Reorganization in 1971
As Chairman of the Ash Council, Roy L. Ash helped President Nixon see through his goal of executive reorganization. On February 6, 1971, President Nixon released a statement to the press regarding the public dissemination of Ash Council presidential memoranda on the...