Nov 3, 2016 | Foundation News, The New Nixon Library
New Library & Museum Opens with Fanfare, Determination, Extraordinary Support “The President can still draw a crowd,” the Wall Street Journal declared – of 3,000 to be exact. The New Nixon Library & Museum opened with two days of tributes to a consequential...
Nov 2, 2016 | Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today
Nixon’s first trip abroad as president was a tour of the major European cities. As he traveled through Brussels and London, West Berlin and Paris, President Nixon carefully evaluated the collective concerns faced by Western Europe and the United States, and NATO’s...
Oct 26, 2016 | Foreign Policy, News
Recently, the United State’s role in NATO has received renewed public interest. While some Americans wish to continue backing NATO, critics of the alliance have called into question the levels of U.S. monetary and military support. U.S. representatives to NATO have...
Oct 24, 2016 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, Vietnam
President Nixon signs two landmark bills to expand Veterans benefits on this day in 1972 On October 24, 1972 President Nixon signed into law two bills that significantly expanded Veterans benefits, ensuring that not only those who were returning home from Vietnam were...
Oct 21, 2016 | Foundation News, News Media
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and wife Callista returned to the Nixon Library on Wednesday, October 19, for a special East Room talk. Before a full house of over 700, Gingrich payed homage to Richard Nixon’s political career and accomplishments while...
Oct 20, 2016 | News, Space
The Space Race demonstrated that the United States and Soviet Union could partake in peaceful competition and cooperation From Sputnik to the lunar landings, the Space Race represented one of the more electrifying aspects of the Cold War: the United States and the...
Oct 20, 2016 | Foundation News, Nixon TV, The New Nixon Library
October 15, 2016: Insight from the creative geniuses who designed the New Nixon Library and Museum. Panelists include Joe Zenus, chief executive officer at Thinkwell Group; Craig Hanna, chief creative officer at Thinkwell Group; Kate McConnell, creative director at...
Oct 20, 2016 | Domestic Policy, Nixon Today
Foreign Crisis and Pressure On October 6, 1973, Israel and her Arab neighbors Egypt and Syria went to war for the second time in six years. The United States helped out Israel in the Yom Kippur War, as it became known, and the Nixon Administration’s policy of Shuttle...
Oct 19, 2016 | News, Nixon Library Events, Nixon TV
October 19, 2016: Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich returned to the Nixon Library for a special East Room talk, paying homage to Richard Nixon’s political career and accomplishments while offering insider analysis regarding the current presidential...
Oct 18, 2016 | Foreign Policy, News, Soviet Union
The Four Power Agreement fused the objectives of Ostpolitik and Détente, setting Germany on the path to reunification Nowhere was the division between the East and the West more noticeable than Berlin. Following Allied victory in 1945, the United States, United...
