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May 22, 2025 USA250-OC’s inspirational launch was aired on C-SPAN on May 18, followed by inquiries from across the nation. Held in the iconic East Room of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on January 18, the event featured riveting presentations by Jeffrey...
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Would it surprise you to know the origin of one of our most sacred national holidays is uncertain, including its birthplace and founder? For more than one hundred fifty years, Americans have set aside a day to remember our country’s fallen, those men and women who...
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Reagan Kemmerer, an eighth grade student at St. Junipero Serra Catholic School in Rancho Santa Margarita, earned the number one prize in the first regional Civics Bee competition in California, held at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum on March 12....
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If one vote made the Declaration of Independence possible, could a series of “one votes” have made statehood possible for California? Consider this. In 1842, Henry Shoemaker was a simple, hired farm worker who suddenly realized it was election day and he had promised...
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Believe it or not, the Constitution, as originally written, did not deny women the right to vote. In fact, it neither denied nor gave the vote to anyone. Voting qualifications were left up to the states, with the sole requirement that whoever was eligible to vote for...
