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Nixon on Paar
TIME Magazine will post online every day for the next year an interesting piece of Nixon trivia to mark RN's centennial. A first-class musician -- he once said that if he had not gone into politics he would have become a musician -- here's RN playing the piano on the...
Happy 100th, Mr. President!
Today marks 100 years since the thirty-seventh President of the United States was born in a house his father built in Yorba Linda, California. Here is the acceptance speech Richard Nixon delivered as the Republican nominee in 1968 - still considered one of the most...
Grand Marshal 37
This morning renowned primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall served as Grand Marshal of the Rose Parade, the leader of a national American tradition to ring in the New Year. She follows a long line of distinguished individuals to serve as Grand Marshal...
Forty Years After The Last Moon Walk, Time To Go Again?
Four decades ago this month, at about 12:40 AM EST on December 14, 1972, that Capt. Eugene Cernan, USN, lifted his foot up from the airless, age-old surface of the moon, and boarded Apollo 17's lunar module. Thus it was that humankind said farewell to hands-on lunar...
Honoring Vietnam Vets
Sunday's Christmas ceremonies at the Nixon Library honoring America's best and bravest, gave special acknowledgement to the sacrifice of Vietnam veterans: For Terry Griffke, a corporal in the Marine Corps who served in Vietnam, the acknowledgment of those who fought...
Alaska Finds Its Missing Moon Rocks
US News & World Report is reporting that the Alaska Transportation Museum has reclaimed a display of moon rocks that went missing after an arson fire in 1973. These moon rocks served as a central part of the international celebration when the Apollo XI astronauts...
All the Presidents’ Houses
“Houses of the Presidents: Childhood Homes, Family Dwellings, Private Escapes, and Grand Estates,” written by Hugh Howard, offers glimpses into American presidents’ second-most famous houses, from Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s Springwood in Hyde Park to Thomas...
Beware of Sacred Cows
Addressing the White House staff the day after his re-election, President Nixon made clear that in his approach to government reform, “There are no sacred cows.” Subsequently, President Nixon directly challenged institutionalized Democratic opposition,...
Featured Video: Nixon Vets Talk RN’s Cold War Strategy
On May 27, 2011, former Nixon National Security Council officials gathered at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. The program included Richard Allen, who was the chief national security official on the 1968 Campaign; Richard Solomon, the NSC's expert on China...
Revisiting the Road to Peace
With tensions flaring between Israel and Hamas—the Palestinian based terror organization—it is a perfect opportunity for the United States to look back, and learn from the strategic diplomacy President Nixon pursued to re-stabilize the Middle East after the 1973 Yom...