When Nixon visited Seattle in ’68
Photo courtesy Washington State Archives 1968 was an unforgettable year: Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated in a two-month span; the Vietnam War dominated the news and sparked bitter debate and protests, especially on college campuses; Woodstock took place (oops, that was in 1969); and astronauts flew around the moon at Christmastime (the lunar landing took place the following July). That year also was notable because it was when Republican Richard Nixon defeated Democrat Hubert Humphrey in…