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Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Women Doers Luncheon on 'Rediscovering America' - the White House, 5/2/1968" (Item)

! Yet our national landmarks, monurnents and large museums are only a small part of the joy of really seeing our country. Travel is changing and so must the habits of travel -- if we are to really discover America. Our great wide ribbons of super

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Opening of the U. S. Pavilion Hemisfair, 4/6/1968" (Item)

. Hemisfair is the kind of "happening" that gives a lift to the spirits and makes us ail glad to be alive. It will be the destination of travelers from near and far. Overseas travel to the Vnitcf. States has increased 138% since 1961, and within our country

Press release, "Opening Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Beautification Meeting, 5/18/1966" (Item)

~g litter problem, and to the new subway system for Washlng!:on and what can be done to make it more - sceni~ . Everytime I look out the window of the White House, I realize t1:e tourist season is already upon us., Americans will be traveling

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Governors' Wives Luncheon, the White House, Washington, DC, 2/29/1968" (Item)

THE WlilT E HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D. C. Friends: Welcome to .the White Housel I'm delighted you made it a stop on your 1968 travel agenda. Gathered in this room are some of the most accomplished tour guides in the country -- the Governors' wives. I know because

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Reception Given by Miss Frances McGovern, Candidate for Congress, Honoring Mrs. Johnson, Ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel, Akron, Ohio, 9/17/1964" (Item)

in Akron is a long anticipated pleasure. In the annals of my personal travel guide, this is a three-star stop. For Frances McGovern, the young woman honored today at t ea, : ie herself a three-star woman doer. I am told that the voters of Akron have long

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Presidio La Bahia, Goliad, Texas, 4/9/1968" (Item)

hardened, insensitive traveler indeed to drive past La Bahia without a stop ! For it lüts your eyes and your spirit to see this weathered old presidio silhouetted against the sky and to hear the mission belle. I have been hearing aboutit from friends like

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Introducing Miss Helen Browne, Associate Director of the Frontier Nursing Service, 7/29/1964" (Item)

... . ~ ,.. REMARKS OF MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON INTRODUCING MISS HELEN BROWNE, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE FRONTIER NURSING SERVIC E -- Wednesday, July 29, 1964 Friends: I'm so glad to welcome all of you. The longer I live -- the more I travel

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson for Dedication of Big Sur Scenic Highway, Bixby Creek Bridge, 9/21/1966" (Item)

may seek their relea.se in motion - - driving like a flight of birds traveling north and south. This is nota place for bigb speed driving, or thundering commerce. This road is dedicated to leisure, and to people who wisb to absorb the beauty

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

world charm, its lovely gardens and its delicious seafood. In all my travels through the South, I have been impressed by the economic gains . I know what a good neighbor and a strong economic help Keesler field is with itsp>pulation .... civilian

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

OC'I'OBER 15, 1968 It is a pleasure to have each and every one of you here ! As I have traveled about the country, I bave seen your handiwork from Salado, Texas, to Tarrytown, New York. Many of you 1 know through vieits to your restoration project

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)

you Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Bailey. Good morning: As I look out over this group, I see a number of you who are personal friends. We have traveled a long trail together and been through many things -- some of them delightful, some tragic and some hilarious

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Colton Hall, Monterey Peninsula, California, 9/21/1966" (Item)

arr , friends: What a wonderful part of the world to live in - - or to visit! It's not hard for the travele r to see why the beauties of thi s peninsula have inspired poets and writers and thinke rs through the years. Standing here at Colton Hall

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Arrival at Santa Fe, New Mexico, 9/22/1966" (Item)

in a condition hardly calculated to bring on a very long speech, for 1 am truly breathless. We have just corne fromtw o days of looking at a big piece of the West and what we have seen botb in natural and man-made beauty is staggering. If my traveling companions

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Downtown Urban Renewal Area of Montevideo, Minnesota, 9/20/1967" (Item)

thoroughly, and 1 know my traveling companions have, too -- especially Secretary Robert Weaver who deals. with the problems of cities. He is so pleased to see one town where you can find a place to park ! Our group arose this morning at dawn in Washington

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 9/20/1967" (Item)

wanted to drop the whole thing - - and maybe ca.me close to doing it. Aren't you glad you didn't? Minnesota stands tall in the nation's capital. The Humphreys and the Freemans play a vital role in our national life. A nd I can see after traveling across

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Women Doers Luncheon, 2/5/1965" (Item)

REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON WOMEN DOERS LUNCHEON FEBRUARY 5, 1965 Friends: On this beautiful sunshiny day, it is so nice to gather together and talk about a favorite subject -- making the world more beautiful. No one who travels can forget

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Nebraska State Conference on Natural Beauty, Lincoln, Nebraska, 6/15/1966" (Item)

will be rnappillg out their own beauti.fication programs. There is other good news that I want to share with you too: Arnericans are a people very much on the move, and more than ever before, today's travelers want their route to be just as enticing and satisfying

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Presentation of Heart Volunteer Award - the White House, 2/16/1967" (Item)

and with it scholarships to finance ber education at the University of South Dakota. It was during her year as "Miss Iowa" that she became a heart volunteer with the determination to help others just as she was helped. She has made more than 250 speeches and traveled

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at White House Reception for Citizens' Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty, 3/29/1968" (Item)

FOR CITIZEN$ ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RECREATION AND NA TURAL BEA UTY Welcome to this bouse! My husband and 1 are so glad to have so many friends join us this afternoon -- friends we meet in Washington and on our travels about the country -- friends who

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

to a "can-do" community. As I have travelled around the country in recent years, I have seen that what is happening in Stamford is happening in many other places as weil. Americans are coming to realize that we can make our cities not only functional

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Rededication of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 5/25/1964" (Item)

as a society entirely devoted to the tech nological advance that it is good to have this abundant proof to the contrary. Not only can we w alk taller because of the assembled canvases and sculptures, and prints, but also because of the traveling exhibits which

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks on Arrival at Billings, Montana, 8/14/1964" (Item)

that on the trail we will follow the next few days, we will be trave ling in comfort and safety along a way that your grandparents and great-grandparents traveled under great duress and peril. Nothing impresses the visitor to the West so much as the aware ness

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks at Crow-Cheyenne Welcoming Ceremony, Tribal Community Building, Crow Reservation, 8/14/1964" (Item)

of Germany. A year ago when we traveled to Denmark, it was the handiwork of sculptress, Amanda Crowe -- the wood carvings of the three bears -- that were our gifts to the three princesses of Denmark. I can see -- in your children here today -- future Maria

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

and students in exchanges with other countries. After all, the junior year abroad was invented in Virginia when Miss Meta Glass was president of Sweet Briar. And now as we go on traveling through your beautiful Virginia, 1 just want to leave with you

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, the University of Texas Ex-Students Association Distinguished Alumnus Awards Banquet, 10/16/1964" (Item)

, and as I travel about this country and the world, I hear about what other colleges and universities are doing and I am grat eful for the contribution they are making for the benefit of a ll of us. And yet I must confess that my mind always t u rns back

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, San Angelo, Texas, 10/26/1964" (Item)

and the nation -- hungry children, and men with only despair in their eyes. These me!llories of depression may seem part of the past to those who live in prosperous times, but no one who has traveled -- as the President and I have traveled -- can fail

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Acceptance of Gold Medal Award from the Institute of Social Sciences, New York, New York, 12/1/1966" (Item)

travels. The problems are immense and the costs are bigh. In the recent Senate hearings , concerned rnayors from throughout the country gave staggering estimates of the high price of making our cities liveable. Ten Billion dollars was one of the cheaper

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the 1967 National Clean Up Contest Awards Presentation, the Statler Hotel, Washington, DC, 2/20/1968" (Item)

trophy winners are already familiar to me for I receive letters each day telling about projects, including those in St. Louis, Sedona, and many other comm~ities. And, in traveling tl:.rough the country, your efforts are delightfully consp1c1ous. I hear

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of the Buchanan School Plaza - Washington, DC, 5/7/1968" (Item)

- underfoot, a.nd daring young climbers will find that they can travel up high around the entire play area without touching ground. No fences are needed, because the basketball court is sunken -- here below grou:id level. And this is not only a basketball

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Annual Awards Ceremony of the Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, the White House, 6/11/1968" (Item)

with the American Petroleum Institute, who has done much to stimulate oil companies to encourage stations in this efforto There are 215, 000 stations in the nation, and 400 in Washingtono are located in well-traveled spots by the very nature of their business

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Naturalization Ceremony, East Room, the White House, 11/22/1968" (Item)

wiU begin a trip across the country. As we travel these next fe ·‫ וו‬daya, 1 hope we will see ways in which Ameri ca haa b e come a b etter place for our citizens to lead better and fuller lives. Wbat we will see is not pcrfection; wbat we wiU see

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

valley was the spirit of tremendous vitality. Because I was to travel o\·er this route in a few hours that they so laboriously crossed in 3 1/2 months, I recently read about your pioneer ancestors. It is hard to conceive of the phye.ical torment

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

... ' :~ ' . F OR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1964 - 9:30 a. m . EST REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON RICHMOND, VIRGINIA I have had a delightful morning traveling over the lovely autumnal Virginia counti"yside. It is easy to see

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

spring, I wrote my cousins and 67 came. Standing here today, I feel that having spent so many summers of my past here and having traveled quite some since, I can speak of what the New South means to the nation. I can talk about the warmth and courtesy

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

to yourselves , and ' JOUr visitors. but a source of inspiration to cities everywhere now seeking ways to salvage themselves. I have traveled through a great many cities in recent months and found them coping with what you have overcome . Ur}:?an sprawl has

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)

. This year, I have traveled 40, 000 miles from Eastport, Maine to Vernal, Utah. And I can report to you that the citizens of this country are busy. They are transforming small islands of poverty to communities of hope. This is what the great society is all

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

of the Committee restoring history laden Blair House -- out national g uest house - - in Washington, wife of the Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz - - Jane Wirtz. My other traveling companion also feels close to school teachers b ecause she has spent so much t

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

a bumper-to-bumpe r line 125 miles lo:ig. L

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, National Convention of American Home Economics Association, Detroit, Michigan, 6/24/1964" (Item)

broadening and my involvement getting deeper ever since. In the past few years, my own participation has included travel with my husband to all corners of our own land, to Thailand and India, to Senegal and Iceland, and a score of other countries. - 1

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Tyler, Texas, 10/26/1964" (Item)

despair in their eyes . The~ e cecories of depression cay seec part of the past to those who live in prosperous times, but no one who has traveled as the President and I have traveled -- can fail to recognize that there are still c any places left behind