Delegates to the Republican National Convention stage a huge demonstration for Senator Barry Goldwater, after his name was placed in nomination for the Presidency. Bettmann / Getty Images There ...

T he Republican National Convention is underway in Milwaukee. It comes on the 60th anniversary of the 1964 convention — a raucous affair at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.

Republican convention goers in 1964 — including many new activists on the right who had earned coveted delegate spots by working around the party’s moderate leadership and winning support at ...

Sixty years ago, the Republican Party at its 1964 National Convention nominated conservative Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater as its presidential candidate, and I was there.

Republican convention goers in 1964 — including many new activists on the right who had earned coveted delegate spots by working around the party’s moderate leadership and winning support at ...

Barry Goldwater supporters at the 1964 Republican National Convention. Bettmann/Corbis Inside the convention hall, delegates battled over the Vietnam War and the power of the party establishment.

That hard turn started 60 years ago this week when Republicans nominated Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona at the July 13-16, 1964, Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace near San Francisco.

The Republican National Convention is underway in Milwaukee. It comes on the 60th anniversary of the 1964 convention — a raucous affair at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. There, the GOP ...

T he Republican National Convention is underway in Milwaukee. It comes on the 60th anniversary of the 1964 convention — a raucous affair at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.