“Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote”

President Nixon signs the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. On April 27, 1970 President Nixon sent a letter to Congress supporting a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age. At the time, the Senate had attached to the bill modifying and...

Summit III

President Nixon greets an enthusiastic Russian crowd in Moscow’s Red Square. 40 years ago this week, President Nixon landed at Vnukovo II Airport in Moscow, U.S.S.R., opening an official visit to the Soviet Union. He came prepared to continue detente talks and...

#SupremeCourt: Time, Inc. v. Hill

Richard Nixon’s opening arguments for the Supreme Court case TIME, Inc. v. Hill, April 27, 1966. In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday that requires police to obtain a warrant before searching mobile devices seized when arresting a suspect,...

Commemorating the Birthplace of Hannah Milhous Nixon

Congressman Richard Nixon with his mother, Hannah Milhous Nixon, 1946. Many who knew Hannah Milhous Nixon in Whittier referred to her as a “Quaker saint.” She was peaceful and displayed a strength of lovingness that shown through her heart and the quality...