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 ...
The inauguration is really about swearing in the next president, but first ladies throughout history have stolen the show with their inaugural gowns.
Former President Richard Nixon first said "The professors are the enemy" during a 1972 conversation with his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger. Vance quoted Nixon's words during a 2021 speech ...
Meanwhile, antiwar groups organized protest demonstrations. During much of the period between election and Inauguration, Richard Nixon purposely remained in the wings, saying little, digesting ...
The American flag sitting atop of the White House was lowered to half-staff following Donald Trump's inauguration to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter. According to U.S. flag code, 'all ...
Even if Johnson hadn't intervened, it wouldn't have been the first time flags were flown at half-staff during a presidential inauguration. In 1973, flags were at half-staff during Richard Nixon's ...
Though Trump claimed flags "may" fly at half-staff for the first time ever at a president's inauguration, it's untrue — flags were lowered for the death of Harry S. Truman at Richard Nixon's ...
For example, the audience for the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all delivered a lower audience than the first. Only Richard Nixon’s second ...
(Aug. 9, 1974 was technically the warmest inauguration, when Gerald Ford took over after Richard Nixon’s resignation. It was 89 degrees, with partly cloudy skies and hazy conditions.) ...
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.