On August 9, 1974—40 years ago this week—Richard Nixon stepped down as president of the United States in the wake of the Watergate scandal and, in the process, gave America a much-needed ...

The controversy has come to define Nixon’s legacy, but Greg Cumming, resident historian at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, says there was much more ...

Richard Nixon’s legacy is substantial. His achievements were historic, and he surmounted great obstacles to political victory, only to destroy himself.

(Originally published by the Daily News on April 23, 1994. This story was written by Jere Hester.) Richard Milhous Nixon will be remembered in history as a statesman who forged peace with China and… ...

Former members of Richard Nixon's administration discussed the legacy of the 37th president. Among their topics: President Nixon's trip to China, his interest in the Native American community, and ...

Nixon might be gone, but the country continues to scrap over his legacy. Students now just have a lot more material to debate with. Clarification: Nixon announced his resignation on August 8, 1974 ...

The Issue: Richard Nixon’s 100th birthday, and how he affected American politics during his presidency. *** Richard Nixon was a smart guy with a soul tainted by paranoia (“Richard Nixon at 100 ...

Richard Nixon’s legacy is enormous, and evolving. Watergate, the crisis generated by criminal acts tied to the White House, ended his presidency. That capped a grotesque violent decade, ...

The 30th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation speech crept up on us this year. There’s none of the usual hoopla surrounding big, politically important anniversaries.But for those of a ...

President Richard M. Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon are shown standing together in the East Room of the White House in this Aug. 9, 1974 file photo, where he made a farewell address to the members ...

“The right sort of sports fan,” is how McGeorge Bundy greeted the news in 1973 that Gerald Ford had been selected as vice president by Richard Nixon. Ford succeeded Spiro Agnew, who had been ...

Richard Nixon's Legacy. 2018-02-25T19:59:49-05:00 https: ... The Nixon Foundation hosted this program at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California. close .