In March 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson was nearly 40 minutes into a speech on the Vietnam War when he closed with a stunning announcement: He would not seek another term. From the Oval Office ...

But things changed in 1968. The party was split over the Vietnam War: the incumbent Democratic president, Lyndon Johnson, supported it. Liberal voters were opposed. And when party elites nominated ...

The presidential election of 1968 was one of the most chaotic in American ... But growing opposition to the war in Vietnam, unrest on college campuses, and urban rioting, made him vulnerable.

Opposition deepened, and protests widened. In March 1968, President Johnson halted the bombing of North Vietnam, and announced he would not seek re-election. Peace negotiations also began between ...

Marked by turmoil, tragedy and triumph, 1968 was a roller ... and Mexico City. The Vietnam War raged on with no end in sight, and in the United States a struggling President Lyndon B.

A slightly flawed panel from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington is on permanent display at the LBJ Presidential ...

Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey declared his support for a bombing halt for all for North Vietnam and a de-Americanization of the war last night in a halfhour televised speech. In his speech ...

At the time of the launch of American History TV, C-SPAN co-president Susan Swain said ... Stanton and Lynn Novick talked about the Vietnam War in 1968 as part of C-SPAN’s “1968: America ...

Marked by turmoil, tragedy and triumph, 1968 was a roller ... and Mexico City. The Vietnam War raged on with no end in sight, and in the United States a struggling President Lyndon B.

It will cover same the days — March 9 to March 16, 1968 — represented in Panel 44. In 2020, Jim Knotts, current president and CEO of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, a nonprofit devoted to ...