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- hing tl ·';·, in their
sock feet, so to sp ea k, and talked about the old J o hn.son home and the use s
it might be put to, that t he commu;.i l y might get s o me g
- ily of his home -- h e and Tlatharint· travd a lot
together.
school.
Ann ls mar de d to a Catholic, a young man who is slill in
Buford said he had behaved ver y ba dly about it l1imsdf, but
now he's r eco ncil e d - - thinks he 1 s a wonde rful
- e c e n t ram b u n ctio u s b e h a v io r ."
And th e n v e ry q u ic k ly
we w ere o f f - - to a warm o v a tio n — and h e g a th e re d up George C h r is tia n
and L iz and th e y ro d e home w ith u s i n th e b ig b la c k c a r — to th e
- house; Lady Bird to Wesley West Ranch for dinner; Lady Bird describes the night sky and imitates a bullfrog; Lady Bird reminisces about time at the West Ranch; possible donation to the LBJ Library; Lady Bird sleeps in car on way back to Luci's home
- Nugent Home, Austin, Texas
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and so i t was.
We had come w ithout o ur hats, soon took o ff o ur shoes,
moved around fro m person to person, while we drank coffee and munched
. some delicious home-made cookies that M r s . R e x W h itte n had brought
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- Visit from Tony and Matiana Taylor; trip to the LBJ birthplace home; trip to Johnson City to Sam Johnson House with discussion on landscaping; city park for Johnson City; Johnson family gift of trees for Johnson City; lunch at the LBJ Ranch
- LBJ and Lady Bird talk about many subjects; LBJ Library; Luci Johnson's conversion to Catholicism; LBJ returns to White House; Lady Bird entertains family; photographs taken outside the house; Lady Bird takes walk to birthplace home; visit
- e com ing home from th e h o s p i t a l .
We went to t h e
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t h e Secr e t S e r v i c e .
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- Lady Bird's trip to New York Historical Society to see a Rembrandt Peale portrait of Thomas Jefferson for the White House; Audubon exhibit; lunch at James Fosburgh's home; Winslow-Homer painting for White House; Fine Arts Committee; Vincent Price
- Lady Bird & Muriel Humphrey to Philadelphia to appear on the Mike Douglas Show; Dorothy McCardle conducts interview with Lady Bird on airplane ride back; Lady Bird & Lynda Robb to Bethesda Naval Hospital to visit maternity facilities; Lady Bird
- Smith; Kermit Gordon; painting from Queen Elizabeth; Lincoln Room; Carl Hayden; Mrs. Paul Douglas; social gathering after dinner; night reading on Panama; Lady Bird's praise for Bess Abell and dinner menu
- Breakfast; to Calvin Coolidge home, Plymouth; clean water project; National Historic Landmark plaque placed; John Coolidge tour of home; to First Congregational Church & Woodstock Historical Association; ride through Woodstock in 1911 Stanley
- Laurance Rockefeller home, Woodstock, Vermont
- Lady Bird is at Luci Nugent's house; Lady Bird drives herself to Johnson City & describes the area drought; Lady Bird visits with Jessie Hunter at boyhood home; Lady Bird & Neva West work on decorating the LBJ Ranch home; lunch; meeting about dining
- Nugent Home, Austin, Texas
- s i d e t h e p o i n t .
And t h e n t o t h e b e a u t y
p a r l o r an d t h e n t o work w i t h Ka n d i
in t r a n s f o r m i n g
some o f my e a s t e r n f a b r i c s i n t o ha n d so m e "a t home"
c l o t h e s f o r s m a l l d i n
- Lady Bird has breakfast with National Park Service staff, then to Hightower property to mark trees and make decisions on national park; Lady Bird describes LBJ; Lady Bird visits Boyhood Home and old fort with Roy White; lunch; meeting with Roy White
- her trip to Acapulco; bowling with Muriel Humphrey; dinner at Hubert Humphrey's home; discussion about Senate and leadership; return to White House and to sleep
- Lady Bird is at Luci & Pat's home; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird to Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX; program at Coty Library for opening of Edward Clark collection; Lady Bird receives fifth honorary degree & makes a speech
- Nugent Home, Austin, Texas
- Johnsons play bridge for three nights; LBJ is exercising every day; Lady Bird completes household chores; lunch; Lady Bird meets Jesse Hunter about decorating LBJ boyhood home; LBJ & Lady Bird to A.W. Moursund's office; drive through Scharnhorst
- Lady Bird works on Boyhood Home project; Lady Bird meets with volunteers for Johnson City house; LBJ to arrive at Bergstrom with the McNamaras; Lady Bird and guests meet LBJ's helicopter at the Haywood Ranch; BBQ dinner and then back to the LBJ
- Lady Bird has meeting about LBJ Birthplace Home and trees for Johnson City; Lady Bird has breakfast with Lynda Johnson; Lady Bird meets with Altavene Spann from Texas; Lady Bird takes a nap and does office work; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's schedule
- Lady Bird mentions LBJ and the steel strike; Lady Bird embarks on house cleaning and renovations at the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird goes to the Lewis and Haywood Ranches; Johnsons have dinner at Haywood; Home Rule for District of Columbia bill
- Lady Bird and LBJ discuss family problem; Lady Bird goes to the foot doctor; Luci Johnson and her school; Lady Bird goes to White House movie theater with her brother, Tony Taylor, and Dr. Hurst, to watch home movies; LBJ confers with members
- , and d r o v e to th e ir home
and th en h e lic o p t e r e d to th e
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ran ch .
So ended the third p e rfe c t day.
Lynda B ird had gone on to C hurch in F re d e ric k sb u rg
- - the Catholic Church - - with Dave, and then had
- Lady Bird meets with James Fosburgh about art for the White House; LBJ presents Distinguished Service Medal to General Curtis LeMay; Lady Bird adds oral commentary to home movies; Lady Bird lunches with LBJ and his staff; Lynda Johnson's trip
- Lady Bird to New York City for premier of "The Greatest Story Ever Told;" Lady Bird visits a playground project in Harlem; Lady Bird views Bobby Lehman's art collection; Lady Bird to Ambassador Adlai Stevenson's home before show; Lady Bird
- Lady Bird and Paul Southwick work on Mrs. Johnson's home movies; Lady Bird meets with staff for photograph project at the Johnson City House; staff meeting about Lady Bird involvement in a foreign cultural or educational event ; Lady Bird meets
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house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous
inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own
groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or
from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
- LBJ and Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; Texas State Society brunch honoring Darrell Royal; Lady Bird rests and works; Texas guests to the White House; dinner at Pierre and Nancy Salinger's home
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- Lady Bird rises early and drives to LBJ Boyhood Home; LBJ gives speech on Middle East; Lady Bird & Neva West decorate the LBJ Ranch house; lunch; Lady Bird to Bailey House at Reagan Ranch to hang paintings and decorate; Lady Bird & Dale Malechek
- Nugent Home, Austin, Texas
- n e a t th e b o y h o o d
home.
I l e f t i n a r u s h a f t e r 4 : 3 0 to h u r r y b a c k to th e m a i n h o u s e a n d
change clo th es and get re a d y for m y tea.
I h a d l o n g l o o k e d f o r w a r d to
t h i s - - m y g r o u p
- Lady Bird & Liz Carpenter to Boyhood Home in Johnson City; Lady Bird is recorded reading script; late lunch; Lady Bird records narrative to be used at the LBJ Birthplace; Lady Bird has tea for her restoration friends from Fredericksburg, TX; tours
- to Arlington, Virginia, to see Lynda and Chuck Robb's home; At Lynda & Chuck Robb's new home; Lynda tells humorous tale of neighborhood children watching them through the window; photo of Patrick Lyndon Nugent in the newspaper; the Arthur Krims are houseguests
- home; drive around town, Caddo State Park and to Lady Bird's childhood home, the "Brick House;" tour by Ruth Taylor; photos for press; helicopter back to LBJ Ranch; funny story about Ashton Gonella in Shreveport airport; Johnsons and guests to West
- Lady Bird drives alone to St Barnabas Episcopal Church; long meeting with Roy White about renovations to LBJ Ranch home; lunch; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird & Luci, Pat & Lynn Nugent fly to Amarillo; Joe Batson takes them to Neil Johnson
- on plane; Lady Bird says goodbye on intercom to fellow travelers in Austin; to LBJ Ranch; party for hostesses of LBJ birthplace & boyhood home; Lady Bird, LBJ & John Connally speak to group; Lady Bird gives awards; appointments to State Department
- Tony Taylor home
- LBJ & Lady Bird wake early, but LBJ barely slept; LBJ leaves for Chancellor Adenauer's funeral; Lady Bird to home of Mrs. George Maurice Morris, originally located in Revolutionary War, Connecticut; lunch with Marny Clifford and to Fredericksburg
- LBJ Park meeting; future transfer of LBJ Ranch to National Park Service; Lady Bird to Johnson City to LBJ Boyhood Home with National Park Service staff; Lady Bird says goodbye to Lynda Robb at airstrip; tour of LBJ Birthplace; lunch; two National
- ; Lady Bird travels to Jane Engelhard's home; tea on terrace; tour of the Engelhard home; dinner party; Lady Bird names guests; LBJ sends telegram to Engelhards thanking them for being so nice to Lady Bird; toasts; dancing; security concerns; Brick House
- ; to Luci's home
- Nugent Home, Austin, Texas
