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Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Norfolk, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • of the world's best natural harbors, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel that is symbolic of all that is progressive and modern, and your handsome, new library. I would like to see the General Douglas MacArthur memo rial because, as you may know, General MacArthur
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, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • am at home ther e . So this is a journey of the heart. And because I particularly wanted to see you who live along these winding railroad tracks to have a personal part in t his election because you play a personal part in our government. - l
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Wilson, North Carolina, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • escort on this whole tour of the Sc•uth, tell me Wilson is one of the loveliest towns in the South. When they go on about the long tree shade~ streets and comfortable homes, I want to get off the train and settle down. I was fascinated to learn
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Alexandria, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • . Anxiety because 1 am not accustomed to whistle - stopping without my husband ; anticipation because 1 feel that I am r eturning to familiar territory and heading into a r egion that 1 call home . I wanted to make this trip because I am proud of the South