Richard Nixon was sworn in as the 37th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 1969, on a pledge to achieve "peace with honor" and end the Vietnam war. He found it a difficult pledge to keep, even ...

I was in the East Room of the White House on August 9, 1974, standing along the wall while Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, said farewell to the staff. After his maudlin and ...

The ’60s had to go out with a bang. Few years would top 1968, with its extremes of love and violence as the boomers clawed their way to dominance. If 1969, now half a century ago, was a period, it ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! C-SPAN showed the 1969 inauguration speech of Richard Nixon, courtesy of the Senate Recording Studio.

Though recent years have accustomed us to political ironies, the idea of a Washington-Peking détente under the presidency of Richard M. Nixon strains the imagination. Could anything be more bizarre ...

Berlin, Germany, Feb. 27, 1969: A group of women wave at President Richard Nixon’s motorcade from the balcony of an apartment building. Berliners came out in droves to welcome the U.S. president, ...

WASHINGTON -- President Nixon announced today cancellation of draft calls for 50,000 men in November and December. He said that in addition to calling off the draft of 32,000 men in November and ...

Jim Cole ©Stars and StripesParis, February, 1969: Presidents Charles de Gaulle of France and Richard Nixon of the U.S. review the troops at Orly Airport. Nixon's visit to Paris came near the end of a ...

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 ...