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  • Subject > Lady Bird Johnson speeches and statements (remove)
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  • Date > 1964-05-21 (remove)

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Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication Ceremony, Breathitt County Museum, Jackson, Kentucky, 5/21/1964" (Item)
  • , Shafter Wa t ts -- M rs. Roosevelt told of her work at the w·ashington Railroad Station during the F irst World 'Nar and the imp re ssion an incident made on her. A rathe r s t riking -look ing youne soldie r would not buy a post card to write home. She
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/21/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • . Up ea rly and out to the a irp ort to c atch the chartered Convair at 7:00--with L iz , of course, and B ess b e cause we w ere going to her home te rrito ry , Kentucky; and Congre ssman C arl P e rk in s whose d istrict we would be covering; B ill
  • Lady Bird trip to Kentucky; press; Lady Bird meets Gov. & Mrs. Breathitt; 8-hour tour by motorcade; Lady Bird halts car to shake hands with schoolchildren; Lady Bird walks to Arthur Robertson home & Lick Branch School; reminiscences about Fern
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs Annual Convention in Lexington, KY, 5/21/1964" (Item)
  • the untrained, by giving skills to the unskilled, by preparing the jobless to hold jobs~ we can offer hope to the hopeless. For it is true that if this nation is wise enough to pursue peace in the world, we must be strong enough to fight poverty here at home