Harry Benson, Photographer of 14 Presidents, Opens an Exhibition in Washington, D.C.
At 94, photographer Harry Benson hasn’t just been a witness to history, he has chronicled it.Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Can Agree on Formal Dress Codes The Scottish-born, New York-based talent is set to unveil “Harry Benson: Washington D.C. Iconic Photographs for the Nation’s Capital” in the Beltway on Wednesday. Located in a gallery next to the Capital One Arena, the show will feature 160 photographs including many of politicians and other cultural figures like The Beatles during their first trip to the U.S. Having known every U.S. president since Harry S. Truman, Benson shared his insights about various presidents, image...
New book shares the love letters of Richard and Pat Nixon
Thelma Ryan was only 13, a freshman at Excelsior Union High School in Artesia, Calif., when her mother Kate, a German immigrant and Christian Scientist from South Dakota, died from liver cancer at 45. Outside Rose Hills Memorial Park, in Whittier, where the funeral was held in January 1926, Thelma’s friends stood waiting. “We were all kind of nervous,” one recalled. “It was the first time any of us had lost a parent.” Slender and graceful, her red hair, high cheek bones, and vibrant smile already setting her apart, Thelma strode right over to her friends and asked, with a big smile,...
Why a president’s financial health is just as important as their politics
On Sept. 23, 1952, Richard Nixon was in a quandary. Rumors abounded that he had misused $18,000 of campaign funds, and presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower considered dropping him as his VP nominee. Nixon’s solution? A bold move to address the nation on television. In what became known as the “Checkers Speech,” Nixon sought to earn the trust of the American public by taking the unprecedented step of sharing his net worth: a $41,000 home in Washington, DC with a $20,000 mortgage, a $13,000 house in California with a $3,000 mortgage, no stocks and bonds, and a small life insurance policy. “It...