One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.
Nixon died of a stroke in 1994, surviving Pat by exactly 10 months. He and his wife are buried side by side on the grounds of his childhood home. His gravestone is a simple black slab, the words from his inauguration speech carved in gold:
A North Jersey mansion listed for $6.325 million was once home to a stockbroker who donated hundreds of acres to what is now High Point State Park.
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 federal buildings,
The practice of China lending pandas to other nations began in the 7th century. Here's why this sign of international good will was revived.
Even Richard Nixon was honorable enough that he ordered the flag at half-staff for his own inauguration. Not Trump.
The relationship between the press and the presidency has always been messy. From Thomas Jefferson’s praise of newspapers as the backbone of democracy to Richard Nixon’s declaration that “the
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Bao Li and Qing Bao, the two giant pandas from China, are 3 years old and arrived in October. After taking a few months to settle in, they're making their public debut at the National Zoo.
It was Sept. 6, 1960. The Gate City was one of many stops for John F. Kennedy during the Western states tour of his presidential campaign. Accompanying him during his visit was Idaho’s U.S. Senator, Frank Church, who’d nominated Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles two months earlier.
After more than 50 years, Doug and Emmy Jo have felt the love connecting with viewers and even making convention appearances including the San Diego Comic-Con in 2023. We sat down with the two to reminisce about the making of New Zoo Revue and why it still resonates today.
Friday's debut of new pandas at the National Zoo in D.C. is the latest chapter in a long tale of "panda diplomacy" between China and the rest of the world.