Feb 12, 2023 | Nixon Today, Vietnam
On February 12, 1973, the first group of American POWs left Vietnam. This came just over two weeks after the Paris Peace Accords were signed agreeing to the release of the POWs within sixty days. The first stop for the former POWs was at Clark Air Force Base in the...
Feb 2, 2023 | Domestic Policy, Nixon Today, Presidency, Reports
President Nixon signing the 1973 State of the Union Address at his Oval Office desk while Domestic Council officials and staff stand nearby. In a few days, you will have the chance for a live viewing of President Biden’s State of the Union address to Congress. In...
Jan 23, 2023 | Foreign Policy, Nixon Today, Presidency, Vietnam
Three days after President Nixon’s second inauguration, he addressed the nation with this announcement: “we today have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia.” “The Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring...
Jan 20, 2023 | Nixon Speeches, Nixon Today, Presidency
On January 20, 1973 Chief Justice Warren Burger administered the oath of office on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol for Richard Nixon’s second term as president. In his memoirs, President Nixon includes an excerpt from his diary on the day of the inauguration that...
Jan 1, 2023 | Nixon Today, Pat Nixon
On January 1, 1973, First Lady Pat Nixon participated in the Rose Bowl Parade as a Guest of Honor for the University of Southern California. This was a homecoming for Mrs. Nixon, an alumna who grew-up in Artesia, just twenty miles outside of Los Angeles. When asked...
Nov 7, 2022 | Nixon Speeches, Nixon Today, Presidency
By the summer of 1972, the Nixon administration had made great strides in domestic policy in addition to its historic foreign policy achievements in China, Russia and Vietnam. As a result, President Nixon was riding high in the polls throughout the year, and he was...
