Our Presidents
(this is sweet )When President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon were inaugurated in 1957, photographers captured an image of them on the Inaugural Parade viewing stand with the President’s grandchildren, Anne and David Eisenhower, and the VP’s daughters, Julie and Tricia Nixon. David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon Eisenhower are now married, and in the most recent book that they co-authored, they recall that the event may have been the start of their lifelong romance.
This Day In History
August 8, 1974: President Nixon Announces His Resignation On this day in 1974, Richard Nixon announced that he was resigning as President of the United States. In a radio and television broadcast from the Oval Office, Nixon became the first president in American history to resign. This historic decision arose from the near-certain threat of impeachment following the highly publicized Watergate Scandal.