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Richard Nixon genuinely loved sports. Americans during his life knew it, and modern historians are aware of it. John Sayle Watterson included a chapter on Nixon in his book on American presidents and sports, and Nicholas Sarantakes authored a book on Nixon and sports that came out in late 2018. After spending a week researching at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, I am confident that baseball and football were the former president’s favorite sports, and that he rarely missed an opportunity to engage with his fandom.
That said, Nixon also used sports for political purposes. I previously wrote here about how he and former MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn worked together in the War on Drugs and to maintain public awareness and support for Nixon’s efforts to repatriate prisoners of war from Vietnam. Now, I would like to spotlight some interesting links between Nixon and the Yankees in the election year of
Ironically, he rolled out the latest round of leftist gun control measures just ahead of our Patriots Day commemoration of the
battle of Lexington and Concord a case study of consequences when tyrannical governments attempt to disarm the people. This effort was, of course, met with defiance. The result? The rise of
American Liberty and the birth of a new nation.
Biden declared, No amendment to the Constitution is absolute. But in fact, the
Second Amendment assurance of self-defense, and defense of Liberty, is the not only the
First Civil Right but the most fundamental of rights of all people.
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1775 The Shot Heard Round the World. The American Revolution begins with the battles of Lexington and Concord.
1897 The first Boston Marathon was won by New Yorker John McDermott in 2 hours 55 minutes.
1982 Sally Ride became the first woman astronaut.
Music History:
1969 Glen Campbell was at #1 on the Billboard charts with “Galveston.’ The song describes a soldier waiting to go into battle who thinks of the woman he loves in Galveston Texas: I still hear your sea waves crashing/as I watch the cannons flashing/ I clean my gun and dream of Galveston.”
The Roots of the First American Revolution
âThe ultimate authority ⦠resides in the people alone. ⦠The advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation ⦠forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than anyâ¦â âJames Madison (Federalist No. 46)
On April 19th, we honor the anniversary of Patriotsâ Day and the legacy of Liberty launched that day, which is our inspiration to this day. In doing so, we mark the opening salvo of the first American Revolution in 1775, and the first step toward the establishment of an eternal declaration of the unalienable Rights of Man â the rights of all people, subordinating the rule of men to our Creator-inspired Rule of Law, the basis for our Republicâs Constitution.