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Suggested remarks for Mrs . Lyndon B. Johnson at
Dedication of new Science Center at Wilkes College,
Wilkes - Barre , Pa . , Saturday , January 11 , 1964 .
I have just had a whirlwind tour of
so~e
Area
Redevelopment
- "Suggested remarks for Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication of New Science Center at Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1/11/1964"
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FOR RELEASE AFTER 10:45 A. M.
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1967
Office of the Press Secretary
to Mrs. Johnson
THE WHITE HOUSE
REMARKS OF MRS.. LYNDON B.·· JOHNSON AT THE
DUNAWAY GENERAL STORE, STRAWBERY BANKE,
PORTSMOUTH, NEW
- New Hampshire
- Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dunaway General Store, Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 6/10/1967"
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experiences of the last two days in Big Bend National Park - - to enjoy
with you this remarkable restoration of Old Fort Davis and the con
struction of the new visitor center.
My delight in seeing this land of the Davis and Chisos Mountains
has been
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thing s for the youne sters ; and 1 threw the switch int roducing electricity
into the school.
Now , we come to Jackson to dedicate a bran~ new gymnasium replacing
the one built by the "!.J•! . P . A . I am so proud to k now that the old gymna
s i um
- a wonderful display
of art work about the playground which you have clone with Mrs. Schulson.
Out here, you have cverything from a play giraffe to the new trash
cans given by your, neighbor.
Of course the se thing s don 1t just happen.
They are here be cause
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And it certainly is a day I've looked forward to. Coming here ,
meeting you, and seeing your schools with their new dress of greenery .
It look s so nice n ow and you and I can remember how it looked
last September when there was no g r ass a nd no plants a t all
- a very special place. One
of our Congresswomen -- Julia Hansen -- teils me how. proud she is that your
climbing posts are made from Douglas Fir timber from the woods of the great
northwest.
There is lots a.nd lots of soft sand -- two feet of it, I believe
- welcomed shade and that comfortable
feeling of deep roots. There was a marveloU.:s; swimming hole off the
campus that must by now be lost t c-; the forces of progress. But the
center of life was the Union Building. We all gathered there at the
Post Office
- of ourselves as a very young,
very new nation. It is sometimes difficult for us to realize that
among the nations of the world we ha-Ye the oldest democ ratic
constitution in existence.
Surely the exper iences of your years here at school have
brought you very
- be fulfilled. I speak
of a great and g!'acious lady, Mrs. Merriweather Post. For the eleventh
year, each spring the Washington National Symphony has pre sented some
25 special concerts called "Music for Young America, 11 alla gift from
Mrs. Post
- " in the District of Columbia.
It was amazing how rnany of these pictures showed urnbrellas, rainfall
and -- yes -- even snow.
I almest called Marvin Watson and asked if we couldn 1t borrow that
slogan on the Post Office Department:
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat
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This is a large - scale solution to one of the greatest needs of our city.
I hope everyone of you read the Washington Post last Sunday which
proposed we celebrate America•s bicentennial in 1976 by a great effort to
achieve our goals for houGing, transportat