Nixon raised $4 million, or around $28.3 million in today ... who put few limits on donations for his first inauguration and none on his second, according to Public Citizen. After his November ...
After Nixon takes the oath from Chief Justice Earl Warren at noon on the Capitol steps and delivers his inaugural address, the two-hour parade—shortest in memory, timed to end while there is ...
This year, Inauguration Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20. In honor of the day, you’ll find a collection of stirring Inauguration Day quotes spoken by U.S. presidents or poets during inaugurations dating ...
Read the full text of President Nixon's first inaugural address, given Jan. 20, 1969: Sen. Dirksen, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. Vice President, President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey, my fellow ...
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I miss Richard Nixon. He was a detestable bigot and despite his own protestations, a crook. The great Hunter S. Thompson wrote at his death, he was “a ...
There were no formal inaugural festivities after Richard Nixon resigned and President Gerald Ford became president in 1974. Betty Ford wore a blue skirt suit for his swearing-in ceremony.
Mrs. Nixon wore a turquoise gown with crystals as she danced with her husband at the inaugural ball in 1973. Mr. Nixon once said of his wife that she “doesn’t have a mink coat, but she does ...
Some U.S. state flags were ordered to be raised during Donald Trump's swearing-in, while others will remain at half-staff for ...
When President Harry S. Truman died weeks before President Richard Nixon's second inauguration, Nixon ordered that flags remain lowered during his own swearing-in.
"Prior to Nixon, relationships between presidents ... Trump's $107 million inauguration in 2017 set a record for the modern era, surpassing Joe Biden's $62 million haul as well as those of Barack ...