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Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson for the American Landmark Celebration, 7/30/1964" (Item)

, a man wh ose concern fo r mankind was international, should be the site and occasion for the opening of America's Landmark Celebration. A half a century a go, the man who lived in this house , said: " We erect statues to men who have forgotten

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Reception for Delegates to Urban America Conference, 9/12/1966" (Item)

REMARKS OF MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON - September 12, 1966 RECEPTION FOR DELEGATES TO URBAN AMERICA CONFERENCE FOR RE LEASE UPON DELIVER Y - expected at 5:00 PM EDT Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. John son - THE w.m.T-E -.HOUSE
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Reception for Delegates to Urban America Conference, 9/12/1966"

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Western Carolina College, Asheville, North Carolina, 3/14/1967" (Item)

of the educational miracle here and tbroughout America. For buildings alone do not make education . They are the tools for the teacber s. It was almost a hundred years ago that President J ames Garfield spoke at a testimonial dinner to a great teacher and said

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Garden Clubs of America Dinner, Greenwich, Connecticut, 5/16/1968" (Item)

.. FOR RELEASE AFTER 6:30 P. M. THURSDA Y, MA Y 16, 1968 Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Johnson THE WlilTE HOUSE ----------------- -------------------------------------------------REMARKS OF MRS. L YNDON B. JOHNSON GARDEN CLUBS OF AMERICA
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Garden Clubs of America Dinner, Greenwich, Connecticut, 5/16/1968"

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Democratic Women's Clubs of Kentucky, Sheraton Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, 10/5/1968" (Item)

speak as a woman and a citizen, so m ~wbat troubled by the high noise level of this campaign. I believe we are in danger of forgetting the stake in America this a utumn. !!!:! issue which is at What is that issue? What is the real qu estion which

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Pensacola, Florida, 10/9/1964" (Item)

defense. One of the pleasures I take in a political campaign is that they give me · an unparalleled opportunity to learn more about America. This morning I have had an excellent guide in Congressman Robert Sikes. Nobody knows more about this part

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Statewide Democratic Luncheon/Fashion Show Introducing Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey, Austin, Texas, 10/22/1968" (Item)

at stake in America this November. 1 belicve that issue is simply this: Will America, ha.ving forged so far ahead under President Kennedy and Preside nt Johnson, toward a more just and compassionate society, now turn back? Will we lQJeheart becaus e

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 9/22/1966" (Item)

is being touched by your work. America is a country that puts high value on education. We inve st our money, and our fa.ith in it. Why should this school. among so many new and fine schools, stand 01.rt and shine in the public eye? This ·I nstitute isn't

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of Kiwanis Park, Stamford, Conn., 5/16/1968" (Item)

PARK, STAMFORD, CONN. MA Y 16, 1968 lt is signüicant and symbolic that one of the first places ready in Stamford' s new downto\vn area is this gracious little park. Too often in America, the places for people have come only as afterthoughts

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Durham, North Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)

visit college towns only dur ing class hours, but it looks like we just got started too early to oblige today. One of the pleasures I take in political campaigns is that they g ive me an unparalleled opportunity to learn more about America. Everywhere I

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. L. B. Johnson at Swedish Celebration at Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 6/28/1964" (Item)

gotten to join some of those families' picnics I might have gotten a good bite of Swedish food. fee l I have seen a very colorful, strong , wonder fu l thread that goes into making up the fabric of America , and, therefore , I understand Minnesota better

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson 'Salute to Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson' Luncheon Given by Federated Democratic Women of Ohio, Deshler Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, 9/18/1964" (Item)

who discovered America." Columbus is a discovery for me and a delightful one -- even though 1 do feel at home with you because 1 know you as good. hard working Democrats -- through the people you send to Washington. And, they are your admirers I

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Savannah, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

, it is a distinctive part of all America. America g row s up smacking its lips over Georgia broiler-chicken and Georgia peanut butte r, drinking Coca Cola and,.. r certainly don 't want to leave out Talmadge hams. Even the World Series that started yesterday depends

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, White House Conference on Natural Beauty, 5/24/1965" (Item)

and countryside is high on America's agenda. For it seems to me that one of the most press challenges for the individual is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which is increasingly less pleasing to the eye. Our peace of mind, our

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Youth Conference on Natural Beauty, 6/27/1966" (Item)

live in communities tbat free the ~i.n.:i or imprison it? Will your cities be places to thrive in or merely to escape from? And what places will there be left to escape to? 1t is thrilling to me, that for the first time in history, America 1 s major

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Park City, Utah, 8/15/1964" (Item)

know how helpful Senator Moss has been on this project because he is always watching out for Utah. I am overwhelmed when I think of the possibilities for tourism in America. From these inspiring mountains to the everglades, from the shores of Maine

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, Restoration Luncheon, the White House, 10/15/1968" (Item)

that preservation bas needed and richly deserved in America, they give safeguards from destruction, they give the beginnings of public financial support. One of my joys in these years has been traveling to scenes of Americe~s pas'c:. I have spent many sunny weekends

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 10/27/1964" (Item)

clear when he said recently: 11The domestic issue has to do with the kind of future America will have; the foreign issue has to do with whether we shall have any future at all. 11 The President has said: ''The true courage in this nuclear age lies

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to American Institute of Park Executives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9/21/1965" (Item)

are the c onduits of that very g oal. As planners and administrators of America's parks, you provide the places so essential to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. t1 It was John Muir who said, " E verybody needs beauty as well as bread, places

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Lincoln School, Columbus, Indiana, 9/21/1967" (Item)

: - 1 MORE .... "We would like to see this community come to be not the cheapest community in America, but the very best community of its size in the country. We would like to see it become the city in which the smartest, the ab!est, the best

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 8/15/1964" (Item)

sailing the oceans throughout the world as a bulwark of America 's national defense. When we remember that it was here in Idaho that the fir st pr oof testing of the feasibility of nuclear propelled ships was conducted, we fully realize how much the people

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)

ington •s home where you feel the presence of America 1s beginnings. A day like that reminds you of Ralph Waldo Emerson's words : ''The true test of civilization is, not the census , nor the s i ze of the cities , nor the crops -- no, but the kind of man

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Selma, North Carolina, 10/6/1964" (Item)

of Representatives, 12 years in the Senate. and three years in the Vice Presidency. Into these last 10 months, he has poured all the energy, intellect, and heart he has to try to keep our country prosperous, preserve peace and plan for a greater America. You can tell

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Charlotte, North Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)

poured all the energy, intellect and heart he has. to try to keep our country prosperous, to preserve peace, and to plan for a greater America. You can tell what sort of President be will make because you have lived through these ten months with us. North

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of Point Reyes National Seashore, 9/20/1966" (Item)

that otr ong salt brccze and roaring surf. Thi s is a t hrilling pl~ce , and Govcl'nor, I am ao g l nd yon invited me h crc to c~.tch the ocean air , and sec for my seH this Pac ifie palisade t hat i s now a Na tional Sea shore bclonging to a ll of America

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Women Doers Luncheon on 'What Citizens Can Do to Improve the Health of the American Child' - the White House, 4/2/1968" (Item)

the host of ills that e a t at people in the city ghetto, in the landlocked bills of rural America, in the migrant camps. During the past four years. we bave not solved ail tbese problems -- but we have dared to begin. and I believe the se health measure s

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Gonzales, Texas Concluding Trip with Foreign Journalists, 4/9/1968" (Item)

. In many u ays, it still is. For from the small to"l-ms of America wi th their courthouse s o_u a r es come rnuch of the s pirit and hope o f our country. Therc are, acro s::o this lan d , 17, 000 t01ms about the s ize of thi s on e . To di s cover ~-j

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Press Breakfast in Honor of Mrs. Johnson by Mrs. Richard Hughes and Mrs. John Bailey, Shelburn Hotel, Atlantic City. N.J., 8/27/1964" (Item)

when we go to the people and ask for their support. Sometimes I wish all the world could just once travel the campaign trail across America in an election year. So much that can never be put into words about America and the meaning of our freedom comes

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of Columbia Island at the Department of Interior Auditorium, 11/12/1968" (Item)

that America•s future generations will enjoy these lovely groves, for it is to thern that I am proud and happy to deciicate this entrance to Washington. # # # - 2

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, University of Utah Commencement, Salt Lake City, Utah, 8/15/1964" (Item)

of these men and women. Persecuted, they fled across the Mississippi, across the great plains and rugged mountains, harassed by enemies and persecuted by extremists. Theirs is one of the greatest stories of bravery c.ud fortitude and America will always

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)

in the Vice Presidency. Into these last ten months, he has poured all the energy, int ellect and heart he bas to try to keep our country prosperous, to preserve peace and to plan for a greater America. You can tell what sort of a President he will make because

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Paseo Del Rio Lighting Ceremonies, San Antonio, Texas, 4/1/1966" (Item)

on tonight, I look out over the river with its grassy banks and cottonwoods, and cypress, and pecan and willow, and Retama, and all I can say is "This is America the Beautiful. 11 ### -2

Press release, "The 'B. Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture' by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Convention of the American Institute of Architects, Portland, Oregon, 6/26/1968" (Item)

have a building boom and beauty, too? Must progress inevitably mean a shabbier environment? Must s uccess spoil Nature 1s bounty? lnsistently -- and with growing volurne -- citizens everywhere in America are demanding that we turn our building

Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson before the Luncheon at the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, 10/1/1965" (Item)

population of America will be 300 million. Eighty-five percent of them will live in urba.n areas. Qne...third of them living in ten metropolitan areas with populations ranging from 5 to Z3 million. This, then is the dimension of your biggest and most critical

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication Ceremony, Breathitt County Museum, Jackson, Kentucky, 5/21/1964" (Item)

and all America so confident of vict ory in our war a gainst poverty.

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Ceremony to Salute George Perkins Marsh, Rockefeller Home, Woodstock, Vermont, 6/11/1967" (Item)

hostess who acquired it in 1869 and give it its imposing Queen Anne Style of the 1880 1 s. - 2 MORE Mary French Rockefeller tells me of so many haJ>PY holidays that she and her family spent here. s~mertimesand Her husband i s America's leadirg

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Middlebury College Commencement Exercises, Middlebury, Vermont, 6/12/1967" (Item)

is What is tough is to be a working protester. That takes some effort. Tbat takes some thought. That takes some giving. That takes patience. America has be en shaped and continues to be shaped by men of protest, by men of conviction. I know one of them

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson B'nai B'rith Luncheon -Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, 3/26/1968" (Item)

-- in housing, in employment, in our environment. The social conscience of an affluent Society bas prompted the Nation's life insurance companies to invest one billion dollars in rebuilding the city slums across America. Almost daily, I see the parade through

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, American Road Builders Association, Denver, Colorado, 2/23/1966" (Item)

the surf, and winds its way from Carmel, CaEfornia to the Hearst San Simeon Castle. These great roads not only get you from "here'' to 11there ", but they afford a revelation of America's great bra uty alt1ng the .way. It is the difference between just

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, DC, 6/3/1964" (Item)

the problems they faced if they had not kept their eyes on the future. Jefferson said, "Cherish the spirit of our people". He was concerned with the growth of democracy. The jo\rtley of your life is still the unfinished story of America 1s growth. of the quest

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