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 ...

the “Godfather of Soul”, stole the show by performing at Richard Nixon’s inauguration. It was an unlikely appearance, considering Nixon was a Republican and Brown a civil rights movement ...

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 ...