#OTD 1994: Former president #RichardNixon 's funeral was attended by President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary, former presidents and first ladies George and Barbara Bush, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, and Gerald and Betty Ford. #Presidents
The literature on #RichardNixon is at once exhaustive and exhausting. One can build a house out of all the books on the man’s life, his presidency, the war in Vietnam, and Watergate. Ever and always, Watergate.
If your core knowledge of “the Watergate scandal” derives from
#OTD 1970: In a televised address, President #RichardNixon explained that the incursion into #Cambodia was not an attack, but an attempt to disrupt the Viet Cong supply lines and destroy their military sanctuaries. youtube.com/watch?v=3cAAno… #VietnamWar #ColdWarHist
In 1972, a pivotal moment in modern history occurred.
The Watergate scandal led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon, the only president to resign from office.
#ModernHistory #WatergateScandal #RichardNixon
#RichardNixon was laid to rest beside his wife; Pat had died on June 22, 1993. They are buried only steps away from Richard Nixon's birthplace and boyhood home. #Presidents
#OTD 1994: The flag-draped casket of former president #RichardNixon was unloaded from Air Force One and was taken to the RichardNixonLibrary
for the funeral. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and… #Presidents #USHistory
Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the death of #RichardNixon , the man who figured it all out and absolutely lost his mind (and the presidency) in the process. It is a tragic story. It is a cautionary story. It is a completely American story.
#OnThisDay
29th April 1974
#uspresident #richardnixon announced the release of edited recordings relating to #watergate made inside the #whitehouse
#25again
@SCOTUS! If there wasPresidential immunity then RichardNixon would never have had a trial found guilty of a coverup and had to resign for Watergate.There is no Presidential immunity to crimes Trump has committed #CountryOverParty #DemocracyOverDictatorship
#DemocracyOverFascism
#Saigon fell #OnThisDay in 1975, bringing a disastrous end to the #VietnamWar & an indictment of both #LBJ & #RichardNixon ; the disastrous withdrawal from Kabul in 2021 began #GenocideJoeBiden 's long slide in the polls from which he's never recovered...
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#OTD 1974: In response to a subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee, President #RichardNixon agreed to release the transcripts of the #Watergate tapes. watergate.info/1974/07/24/sup… #USHistory
Listening to 'RICHARD NIXON Watergate 1974 ,To the Indictments (Part 1) Conventional Wisdom ' at buzzsprout.com/1532626/148162… #RichardNixon #Watergate #Watergate 50
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio (2020)
Script/Art: Derf Backderf
#ComicPanelsILove #KentState #KentState Massacre #Ohio #RichardNixon #Nixon #President #UntiedStates #Attica PrisonRiot #Attica #NewYork
Tucker Carlson: The Deep State Removed Nixon, The Most Popular President
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#BobWoodward #CIA #COINTELPRO #DeepState #GeraldFord #JFK #KennedyAssassination #MarkFelt #RichardNixon #TuckerCarlson #Watergate
“This time, vote like your whole world depended on it”: Voting as a Beacon of Hope Amidst Turmoil
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#Vote #Slogan #RichardNixon #Era OfChallenges #Vote WithPurpose #BeaconOfHope #Campaigning #InAction #Voting #Politics #Era #Future #Matter #PepUnlimited