Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/20/1966 (Saturday)

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Title:

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/20/1966 (Saturday)

Duration: (min: sec):

15:52

Number of Pages:

12

Description:

Johnsons make a five-state New England tour; crowds at airports; LBJ gives speech at Rhode Island University in Providence; anti-war demonstrators; LBJ speaks at Navy League luncheon in Manchester, NH; birthday party for Senator George Aiken; groundbreaking ceremony of Tri-Cities water project in Vermont; with Margaret Chase Smith to Lewiston, ME; LBJ speaks at bandstand on inflation; LBJ stops at Dairy Queen; to Portland, ME; Johnsons to "USS Northampton" in Portland; lobster dinner party on board the ship; cruise from Portland to Campobello Island, New Brunswick; Lady Bird to sleep

Contributor:

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007; Mrs. Johnson's secretarial staff

Collection:

Lady Bird Johnson's White House Diary

Collection Description:

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Series:

Sound Recordings of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary; Annotated Transcripts of Lady Bird Johnson's Diary

Location Details:

Nevele Hotel, Ellenville, New York

Subject:

Johnson family travel; Lady Bird Johnson reminiscences; Humor and mimicry; Civil rights; Vietnam; LBJ speeches and statements; Beautification; Economics

Archivist's General Note:

An edited transcript for this day was included in Lady Bird Johnson's book "A White House Diary," published in 1970.

Rights:

Public domain