They came close, ever so close, to seeing Ronald Reagan chosen as the Republican presidential nominee in 1968. One other person, too, watched the speech. Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower ...

Revisiting Dwight Eisenhower’s 1953 inauguration, from the vantage point of George W. Bush’s 2001 inauguration.

Grant and Eisenhower Until Ronald Reagan, the only Republican presidents who served out two complete terms were also both generals and West Point graduates — Eisenhower and Ulysses S.

We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom,” Kennedy began his inaugural address on Jan. 20, 1961, ...

In response, Eisenhower launched America’s largest mass deportation in 1954, named with a racist slur: “ Operation Wetback .” ...

In January 1981, Jimmy Carter nodded politely toward Ronald Reagan as the new Republican ... at the two inaugurations of Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower. Cleveland, the sitting Democratic ...

President Dwight Eisenhower, who commanded Allied troops ... it was indistinguishable from the casket of any other solider. Ronald Reagan's casket was carried up the west steps of the US Capitol ...

The ships USS Carl Vinson, USS Theodore Roosevelt, and USS Ronald Reagan are positioned ... Later, it became known that the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower also headed there.

Grant and Eisenhower Until Ronald Reagan, the only Republican presidents who served out two complete terms were also both generals and West Point graduates — Eisenhower and Ulysses S.

The U.S. has a long tradition of defeated presidential candidates sharing the inauguration stage with the people who defeated ...