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I trust that the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery @smithsoniannpg will take immediate steps to correct this mistake, lest its many visitors are misled about the 37th President. ⬇️

Tickets are now available for the museum underneath the Lincoln Memorial, which opens to the public June 25. wtop.com/dc/2026/05/tic…

🚨 ALL EVACUATION ORDERS LIFTED 🚨 All evacuation orders related to the Garden Grove hazardous materials incident have been lifted. Unified Command (Fire, Law, EPA, and County Health) have confirmed there is: >>>>

THE ORIGINAL PORTRAIT: George & Martha Washington's actual presidential china and the original oil painting from his inauguration. 🦅 As we look ahead to the 250th anniversary of the nation this July, @BretBaier highlights the must-see pieces anchoring the Nixon Library's newest historical collection.

🚨 FIRST LOOK: The Nixon Presidential Library unveils a stunning new interactive exhibit ahead of America’s 250th anniversary this July. From authentic Revolutionary War weapons to a rare, priceless stone copy of the Declaration of Independence—@BretBaier showcases it all.

the house where Chester A. Arthur lived and took the presidential oath of office is now Kalustyan's, a gourmet middle eastern/South Asian spice shop

Robert Caro reveals how many pages he's written for his final LBJ biography. Watch the Pulitzer Prize-winning author in a rare interview from his home & office this Sunday at 11 AM ET on @cspan 2 @BookTV.

This is an outstanding thread.

President Rutherford B Hayes' birthplace is a BP gas station.

Last night, I made a simple request on X. I asked if anybody visiting Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day would stop by Alan’s grave and leave a photo for our family. What happened next honestly caught me off guard. By this afternoon, dozens of Americans from all walks of life had made the walk to Section 60 to visit SSG Alan W. Shaw. Veterans. Families. Complete strangers. People who had never met Alan, but chose to honor him anyway. For one day on social media, people put aside the constant noise and negativity and came together for something bigger than themselves. My notifications filled with photos, kind messages, prayers, and stories from people honoring not just Alan, but so many of our fallen heroes. I don’t think people fully understand what moments like this mean to Gold Star families. The fear is never just losing them. It’s losing them slowly over time as the world moves on and fewer people remember their name. But today showed me that Alan will never be forgotten. After years of watching social media reward some of the worst parts of humanity, today gave me a reminder that the good is still out there too. Thank you to every single person who stopped by to visit Alan today, said his name, shared his story, or took a moment to honor the fallen. This right here is the America Alan knew and loved enough to fight and die for. And today, y’all showed us all that it’s still here and it’s still worth fighting for. 🇺🇸

Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was planned at what now is a Chinese restaurant and karaoke bar in D.C.

In his brilliant new book, Michael Auslin traces how Jefferson’s words became our enduring rallying cry for liberty and equality—shaping wars, westward expansion, abolition, civil rights, and the American soul across 250 years. A must-read review from critic Edward Short for the nation’s Semiquincentennial. 👉 Read it here: city-journal.org/article/nation… #DeclarationOfIndependence #AmericanHistory #CityJournal

At 106 years old, Freeman Johnson is the oldest surviving Pearl Harbor veteran. More than eight decades after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he’s still sharing his firsthand memories of Dec. 7, 1941, honoring those who were lost and making sure younger generations understand the day that changed America forever.

FEMA is actively coordinating with @Cal_OES, @EPA, and local emergency management officials in response to the chemical incident in Orange County.

Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion (massive explosion) has been eliminated, there is still an ongoing threat to public safety. There is still no chemical leak, as verified by continuous atmospheric monitoring.

May 1918. Blackstone Hotel Taft checks in and the clerk mentions Roosevelt is eating dinner there. The two hadn't spoken in six years. They ran against each other in 1912, splitting the Republican Party and handing the White House to Woodrow Wilson. The friendship was dead. Taft walked into the dining room anyway. Roosevelt's friends saw him coming and went silent. He turned around. Taft was smiling. Roosevelt jumped up and bear-hugged the man he had once called a "Fathead" with "Brains of a guinea pig". The dining room stood up and applauded. Strangers who had read about the feud for years watched it end in real time. Eight months later, Roosevelt died. At the funeral, Taft stood alone and wept. He later told Roosevelt's sister: "Had he died in a hostile state of mind toward me, I would have mourned the fact all my life. I loved him always and cherish his memory." Don't wait.

This and every Memorial Day, let’s remember that Freedom is Not Free.

"Let us bear witness to the plain truth that we can only insure that our soldiers and sailors and marines and airmen have not died in vain by resolving, as citizens of the land for which they died, that we shall not ourselves live in vain." -RN This #MemorialDay, the Richard Nixon Foundation honored the brave Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation with a wreath-laying ceremony. Gold Star daughter Danielle Guthrie and Gold Star son Roy Knight participated in the ceremony.

"Americans cannot appreciate what we have until you lose it." Words worth sitting with this Memorial Day, from Everett Alvarez Jr. -- the longest-held POW of the Vietnam War and Director Emeritus of the Richard Nixon Foundation. @MilkenInstitute @AdvanceTheDream

The uncle I never knew. I always think of him on this day. He was killed on D-Day.