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Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of Glen Canyon Dam, Page, Arizona, 9/22/1966" (Item)
  • core water and power benefits of this dam are well known. lt a bonus is the heavenly blue lake that be g i~s here and winds ite way thro ugh Navajo country towards the labyrinth of the new Canyonlands National Park -- created by Congress t"°Ro
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Arrival at Santa Fe, New Mexico, 9/22/1966" (Item)
  • FOR RELEASE UPON ARRIVAL AT SANTA FE AIR!PORT SCHEDULED FOR Z:OO P.M. • MST, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1966 REMARKS OF MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON UPON ARRIVAL AT SANTA FE, NEW M.EXICO Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Johnson THE WHITE HOUSE
  • New Mexico
  • Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Arrival at Santa Fe, New Mexico, 9/22/1966"
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Mobile, Alabama, 10/9/1964" (Item)
  • the key to your city and you-r proclamation, I want to tell you that a ceremony such as this, fusing the best of the old and the new South, is one that gives me great satisfaction. As Honorary Chairman of the American Landmarks Celebration, I am certainly
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 6/15/1966" (Item)
  • . It speaks from the fine Strategic Air Command Headquarters and the historie old brick buildings tbat have been rehabilitated to lead new and useful lives. I am particularly happy to know that you cherish the se visible reminders d long ago days. AU over
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Campobello Island, New Brunswick, 8/20/1964" (Item)
  • FOR RELEASE AT 11:30 a. m. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1964 REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, NEW BRUNSWICK Mrs. Pearson, Mr. Minister, the Reverend Clergy, members of the U.S. -Canadian Commission, distinguished guests and friends
  • Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Campobello Island, New Brunswick, 8/20/1964"
Press release, "Arrival Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Newark Airport, 8/12/1965" (Item)
  • of those 13, 400 centers throughout the United States. I came to New Jersey, Governor, because it would give me an opportunity to see telescoped both urban and rural examples of Head Start. About 51 percent of the projects throughout the nation are like
  • New Jersey
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Downtown Urban Renewal Area of Montevideo, Minnesota, 9/20/1967" (Item)
  • the effort. And it certainly is 1 1 am beginning to see evidences of this kind of new zest as 1 travel. What is happening here is beginning to happen other places. a head start. You have About 71 million Americans live in towns of 10, 000 persona or less
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Emory University Honors Day Convocation, 1:30 PM, Glenn Memorial Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, 5/11/1964" (Item)
  • you have earned. As a wife, I know the inspiration that achievement such as yours brings to my husband. In you and through your achievements g leam both the present rea lity and the future promise of the New South. That New South, while never
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Art Museum, Atlanta, 5/11/1964" (Item)
  • red year s ag o t his city wa s burned to t he ground. I am told it has now pass e d the rn illi 0n mark in population, a nd it is evident there is no end in sight . Two years a g o tl e wo r l d wa s stunned by the news of the airplane crash in Paris
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Calvin Coolidge Home, Plymouth, Vermont, 6/11/1967" (Item)
  • as a people -- a connecting link between a past which millions of Americans helped to rnake and a future we must continue to rnake. After this New England visit, The character of an area bas its effect on the peoplec, .1\ · 1 will be better able to understand
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Luncheon for Members of Committee for a More Beautiful Capital and Beautification Donors, 4/13/1966" (Item)
  • the winter snows. We will be driVing around after lunch to see some of the golden-fringed forsythia, the red and pink tulips, and yellow daffodils bursting forth. And, ringing Hains Point, will be the old and the new cherry trees which will one day make
Press release, "Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation First Anniversary Luncheon, Hilton Hotel, New York, 4/9/1964" (Item)
  • ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON, HILTON HOTEL, NEW YORK THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1964 Mr. Ambassador, Mrs . Kintner, Friends of Eleanor Roosevelt: For me, it is a great privilege to come here today and participate in this anniversary occasion. I met Eleanor Roosevelt fi r st
  • New York
  • Press release, "Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation First Anniversary Luncheon, Hilton Hotel, New York, 4/9/1964"
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication Ceremony, Breathitt County Museum, Jackson, Kentucky, 5/21/1964" (Item)
  • 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
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication of Clinical Research Center, Children's Hospital, Washington, DC, 2/27/1968" (Item)
  • . It is an honor for me to join you today, because I warmly support and admire all that you do - - and because I am thrilled by the new facility that we have cornet o dedicate. And to you, Mr. Secretary, whose guiding hand bas translated so much compassion
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to American Institute of Park Executives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9/21/1965" (Item)
  • Institute and I thank you. For me, this past year has been on e of discovery of so many new facets to the whole business of enhancing the beauty of our country, and making it available to the people. Yours must be a very satisfying profession, for you
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Opening of University of Texas Round-Up Showcase, 3/30/1966" (Item)
  • and allegiance of its s tudents. Two years later, in 1885, when the first class was graduated, these new alumni got together immediately and orga nized The Ex-Students' Asso ciation, pledging themselves always t o give of their time, talent and m eans t o build
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)
  • things. And in my nearly 34 years of lbring w5:th a pubiic servant, I have learned the value of heeding such a call -· not only for Presidenta, but also Mayors and City Commissioners. We are b e ing asked to develop a wholly new conservation
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Western Carolina College, Asheville, North Carolina, 3/14/1967" (Item)
  • e t books out, not to get books in; to get students in , not keep them out . That is the new story of the library today in America . Today 1 s libr arian, as someone has said, s e eks to get young people "hooked on books . " m ore " . .­ ln
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, World Food Exposition Youth Day - Madison, Wisconsin, 9/23/1967" (Item)
  • about the new America young people are helping to build. Years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt spoke in moving words about the future of America. "One day, 11 he said, "a generation may possess this land, blessed beyond a..,ything we now know; blessed
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 10/8/1967" (Item)
  • . There are more than 300 new towna in various stages of planning or developmett in the United States, and there are many rural regions, like this one in Berkshire County, searching for a harmonious growth pattern. The President bas recently announced that a 350
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Reception for Delegates to Urban America Conference, 9/12/1966" (Item)
  • way to freshen up the news frorn the cities than for city experts to bave a working conference, such as this one. Mr. €urrier tells me that ycur focus is not on architectural abstractions, but that you are probing for solutions to the day-to-day
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Reception Honoring Citizens Advisory Committee on Recreation and Natural Beauty - the White House, 2/16/1967" (Item)
  • you could corne up this spring and go on that old stagecoach road that I mentioned in my letter. I bave been there recently and l have seen a new family of beavers. The maple sap will be running pretty soon and the maple trees will be tapped. I can
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Charleston, South Carolina, 10/7/1964" (Item)
  • tasks of the Presidency make a long day's work, and that must come first. These last two days on the train and the stops we have made have given me a chance to look at the South from a new perspective. I am refreshed by what I have seen. The South
Press release, "Speech by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Depot in New Orleans, 10/9/1964" (Item)
  • FOR REL&ASE A.T 6 PoMo Friday, October 91 1964 SP£ECR rrr ?tlS . LINDOW JOHNSON At depot in New lrleans PRito;NDSi What a wandertul, fabulous way to end four unforgettable d~o And, I see you have brou!?ht to the depot just the person I wanted
  • Press release, "Speech by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Depot in New Orleans, 10/9/1964"
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, 9/22/1965" (Item)
  • for myself that the tribute is a just one. Your. downtown is m a rked b y an ease and grace of l andscaping and architecture that mc..sks the long hard work and planni.ng that built it. And this new courthouse is the capstone of your effort. And so I come
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, Texas, 4/4/1966" (Item)
  • 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
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Beautification Awards Ceremony, Washington, DC, 6/28/1966" (Item)
  • for their new emphaeie on design and lanqscaping. But today we are recognizing what ree!dent• here in the diatrict have been doing. A c!ty does not speak to you because it le big but because it is beautiful, and it is YOU. the citizen, who make• it so. National
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)
  • years; to dare to dream of a national park in the redwoods, or a recreation park in the Potomac Basin, or high- speed ground transportation and subways for our cities, and of new cities and new towns. But -- quite apart from the big endeavors
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Opening of the U. S. Pavilion Hemisfair, 4/6/1968" (Item)
  • visitors can share and feel the aspirations and friendship that have united us since the days when explorera, traders, missionaries arrived in the New World. The exhibits take us from the certainty of history through the dramatic achievements -- and stern
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, Beautification Awards Ceremony Washington, DC., 6/28/1968" (Item)
  • that leads one to the Capital. In the heart of our city 0 Pershing Square hurst forth in a blaze of colorful glory0 And certainly all of us are pleased that so many of the big government buildings are winning architectural awards for their new ernphasis
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Horticultural Domes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 9/21/1965" (Item)
  • FOR RELEASE UPON DELIVERY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1965 -- 2:00 p. m. CDT REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON DEDICATION OF HORTICULTURAL DOMES MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN Ever since I read about Milwaukee's exciting new astrodomes for nature I have wanted
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Stage - East Room, 9/29/1965" (Item)
  • to dedicate a new stage. Not the first. That honor, I am told, goes to young Tad Lincoln who had his own theatre - - complete with stage -- on the floor above. How fortunate we are to have this proper platform for the performing arts in the White House
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, National Wildlife Federation Conference Banquet, Statler-Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC, 1/11/1966" (Item)
  • for two million visitors each year, usually with wide-eyed children eagerly in the vanguard, Because the zoo is so closely associated with the interests of people who care about wildlife, . I plan to use your contribution in landscaping the new entrance
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Presentation of 'The American Drawings of John White, 1577-1590' by the British Museum and the University of North Carolina Press, 4/7/1964" (Item)
  • AND THE UNIVIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA P RESS - APRIL 7, 1964 Mr. Ambassador, Mr. 11{)1.. /I) '1tJ ~tieBD , Friends: It is a privilege to receive these most treasured pages of the first pictorial history of the New World by a Britisher and you may be sure
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Alexandria, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • . But -- because this is the beginning of a four - day trip that will take me down the railroad track 1, 682 miles to New Orleans, I would like to tell you some of the reasons 1 am going. For me , this trip has been a source of both anxiety and anticipation
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, American Road Builders Association, Denver, Colorado, 2/23/1966" (Item)
  • news b ecause I know that this is very mt:.ch on your minds, too, and that the meetings you attend, more and m e re, discuss and are concerned with such :new demands as "social and aesthetic values,' ' "scenic vi stas," "historic routing" -- an unheard
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)
  • members to be quite specific. So - - with your permission, may I manage your beautification news? MORE One of your distinguished colleag ues, the late H. L. Mencken, once said he had spent hi~ Ufe watching the growth of the roadside jungles in our
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Presentation of Society Hill Medal and Dedication of 18th Century Garden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6/10/1966" (Item)
  • eventa tcok p lace: the adoption of the Declaration of Indeper.dence and the completion of work on the Constitution. B ·ù t the founding of a new nation was not the only concern of the l~t riotso Bea.uty was part of Pbiladelphia 1 s planning from
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson upon Presentation of the 1968 Distinguished Volunteer Service Award of the American Heart Association - the White House, 2/21/1968" (Item)
  • :.rtieular tribute to one pers0n -- who symbolizes the dedication of the p rivate citizen ., Jane Pie kens Langley has given her charm, energy, and compassion tô the Heart Fund as vice president and chéirman of special projects of the New York Heart