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George Washington Visits the Nixon Library
Over 200 visitors packed the Nixon Library’s magnificent White House East Room to listen to George Washington, America’s first President and also the first President featured in the Nixon Foundation’s summer series, Meet the Presidents. Washington, who was accompanied...
6.28.1973 – RN Stresses Importance of Tourism to U.S. Economy
In 1971, President Nixon requested a comprehensive study of tourism in America from the National Tourism Resources Review Commission. Two years later, on 28 June 1973, the President met with Chairman Charles S. Thomas to discuss his commission’s findings. In his...
NY TIMES: What Would Nixon Do?
At The New York Times, Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose contemplates President Obama's exit strategy from Afghanistan. He finds his answer in RN's extrication from Vietnam: PRESIDENT OBAMA has made good on his pledge to begin drawing down American forces in...
Video: Herschensohn Discusses RN’s Israel Policy
Former Deputy Special Assistant to President Nixon, Bruce Herschensohn discussed how the 37th President would have handled the current conflict in the Middle East and Israel's dealings with the Palestinian Authority. Topics covered included RN's policy position during...
RN Special Assistant Speaks at Oxford
John R. Price, Special Assistant to President Nixon for urban affairs from 1969 to 1972, presented a lecture at Oxford's Rothermere American Institute on President Nixon's leadership on the domestic front. Titled Richard Nixon: The Last of the Moderate Republican...
Video: RN Takes on Organized Crime
On June 13, the Foundation and National Archives hosted Organized Crime in the Nixon Era, a Nixon Legacy Forum on RN’s work with Congress to enact sweeping anti-crime legislation and how he gave the Justice Department the tools to more effectively fight organized...
Troopathon Raises Over Half-a-Million in Care Packages
Move America Forward hosted its fourth 4th annual troopathon at the Nixon Library on Thursday, raising a total of $507,843 in care packages which will be sent to troops serving overseas. Webcast live from the Library's magnificent East Room, guests - appearing in...
6.22.1970: RN Signs the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970
On 22 June 1970, President Nixon signed into law several amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, despite his reservations regarding one amendment in particular: the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970 included an amendment that lowered the voting age to 18 for...
6.24.1974: RN Signs the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act
On 24 June 1974, President Nixon issued a statement about the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, a bill meant to improve water quality for both United States and Mexico residents of the Colorado River basin. Since the early 1960s, various development projects...
6.20.1972 – RN Issues Statement on Success of International Environment Conference
Historically, the environment had never been a major concern of U.S. presidents. With the exception of Theodore Roosevelt, no twentieth-century president had taken an interest in environmental issues until President Nixon. During RN’s presidency, the environment was...