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  • Date > 1964-10-06 (remove)

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Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Alexandria, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • -- of a special brand of gentility and coui·te sy. I am even more proud of the new South - - the glistening new skylines of its cities - - the spirit of growth -- the signs of prosperity both in t h e factory and on the farm. There are so many advances
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Selma, North Carolina, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • Carolina is a bright page of Southern history. North Carolinians now have an average per capita income of $245 more than the y had in 1960 and that is $13 above the national average. I was delighted to know this. After all, this is ham and egg country
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Petersburg, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • Petersburg National Battlefield Park and the Crater. I'd like to see the streets where those jaunty volunteers of 1812 turned out in smart dress uniforms to honor President Madison and won from him for Petersburg the title of "Cockade City of the Union." I
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Norfolk, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • visions. And with the looking ahead, it has produced a booming city in the New South. -1­ .. .. We need, this one common country of ours needs and ever rising national prosperity. an ever- sustained It requires leadership .. - local and national
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Richmond, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • your sons Americans . " I t was advice Virginia had taken l ong before it was given. Virginia holds the national record fo r supplying native sons for the Preside ncy and also for Secretaries of State. Here in Virg inia, and particularly in Richmond
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 10/6/1964" (Item)
  • with many of them on this train this morning. I do not need to tell you who Hend together so well the graciousness of the 18th century with the challenge of the 20th that history is still happening -- and happening to us . I admire the way the people