The 1969 trip — Nixon’s first as chief executive ... In comparison, the White House police uniforms lacked a certain pomp and formality. The commission to design a new look went to Jimmie ...

The occasion was a state visit by Prime Minister Harold Wilson of Great Britain — and the official unveiling of new White House police uniforms, inspired by the honor guards Nixon had seen in ...

while those patrolling the White House grounds wear police-style uniforms. When Nixon took office, however, he wanted his men to resemble the palace guards he had seen in other countries.

Nixon denied such notions ... One of these trips reportedly inspired the outfitting of the White House police in similarly outlandish uniforms. The new outfits, high-necked white tunics with ...

Police were alerted to the break-in by Watergate ... The first inkling of a possible connection to the Nixon White House was only recognized later at their initial court appearance, and in a ...

Similar to Trump, Nixon was impressed by the honor guards he witnessed in Europe and felt that the White House police needed an ... Ridiculed by the press, the uniforms were quickly placed in ...

Nixon, who thought his White House uniform guards looked "slovenly," had them outfitted in new uniforms, based on the honor guards he had seen, and been impressed by, in Europe. My husband ...