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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)

they will occupy a place of honor in the White House Library for all time to come. One of the most intriguing mystery stories of the United States is the story of the Lost Colony. But though the colony was lost, the scenes, the animals, and the Indians

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

this nation. To explore the side roads -- to take the time to travel to the pockets of charm -- that is the essential part of the process of discovery. We must be willing to take the hour' s side trip off the interstate. I remember visiting the Strawbery Banke

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. L. B. Johnson at the Fund Raising Dinner, Detroit, Michigan, 6/26/1964" (Item)

everybody else who goes there, I want to go back, especially in lilac time. You have no idea what it does t o a Texan who is used to just 28 inches of rainfall per year to see all of that water . Last night we sat and watched the lights come

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Ashland, Virginia (Randolph-Macon College), 10/6/1964" (Item)

Washington's Alexandria, to have been welcomed in tradition rich Fredericksburg, and now to be at Randolph-Macon College whose roots go back to our historic beginnings. You are fortunate young men. You have come on stage at a time when your country needs you

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, DC, 6/3/1964" (Item)

this ceremony has an added dimension -- a senti mental one. The President and I have shared the joys and strengths of long time friendship with the proud parents of Beth Jenkins. Today is, therefore, a very special and proud day for us too. And to you parents

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)

for a baven of natural beauty amidst the increasing · -:lamor of modern lüe. 1 would like to share it with you. Dear Mrs. Johnson: I have written to you last Easter and 1 offered you to corne to Connecticut, but Lucy 1 s wedding had ail of y our time. I wish

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of American Museum of Immigration - Statue of Liberty, 5/17/1968" (Item)

OF AMERICAN MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION STATUE OF LIBERTY I have been to the Statue of Libe rty many time s - - but 1 can neve r come here without a lift of spirit or a catch in my throat. The few acres of this little island are as sacred to Ame rican history

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

of the Presidency doesn 1t stop day by day, and it is what be must put first . So, I am coming to visit some of the states I know best, in many of which I spent s ummer-times and vacation-times of my childhood. Ten months a g o on a dreadful day that shook our

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Savannah, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

were alive today, I wonder what she would think of my standing up here talking to you. In her day candidates' wives were seen but not heard. But times are changing and I'm happy to have moral support today from Mrs. Sanders, the wife of your Governor

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Waycross, Georgia, 10/8/1964" (Item)

much of the Southern countryside. We have come through the hard times when Southern farm people could earn . "''· '• . ....._,.-, ,, ,. ... . an average gross income of only $186 a year to this new time in which Georgia's per capita income exceeds

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, White House Conference on Natural Beauty, 5/24/1965" (Item)

. All our national history proves that a committed citizenry is a mighty force when it bends itself to a de t ermined effort. Ther e is a g rowing f e eling abroad in this land today that ugliness bas been allowed too long, that it is time to say "Enough

Press release, "Excerpts from Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks at Morven, Princeton, N.J., 8/12/1965" (Item)

? It is something close to a miracle today to feel and observe that Juanita r ealizes that she will have her turn to ring the clean-up bell, }\er turn to serve the milk, or to paint at the easel or take her time to finish any project she starts because it is hers

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, Texas, 4/4/1966" (Item)

Davis is in what it says about the character of the American people. Although Gemini Eight has taken us one step closer to the moon, we still have time to walk back in our past. still have time to pa:eserve our heritage for the guidance of future

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Art Museum, Atlanta, 5/11/1964" (Item)

. that r obb ed you of 121 of your high-heart ed men and women. For a long time after that s ummer of 1962 p the very m ention of your city's name evok ed s ym pathy th1·ougho~t th e world. That you plan to tu rn this loss to inspiring n e w pr ogress seems

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Congressional Prayer Breakfast, Shoreham Hotel, 2/2/1967" (Item)

in his State of the Union message that this is a time of te sting - So many foundations of our daily life are on trial. One of these foundations which I believe is most important, and too likely to be swept away in busy, urban life is simply the quality

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

people who remember back through every step of the procedure that brought the whole downtown redevelopment into being 20 years ago. You must have seen endless meetings, drawinga, blueprints, more meetings . . . and I am sure there were many times when you

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

and pins. Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes created a stir when she refuse d to go "al! out" for the mod look of 1873 - .. a bt.tstleo She compromi scd and wore a modified -- or mini-bustle. Grace Coolidge 1s time came in the f!apper era with the V-neck

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Presentation of the Portrait of Bess Truman to the White House, 4/18/1968" (Item)

times -- and finally, after sorne pers:tstent phone calls, and devious tec:hniques tbrough daughter and friends, she agreed to my request. I am especially happy that four very irnportant gl'andsons are on band for there are many people in this room who

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs Annual Convention in Lexington, KY, 5/21/1964" (Item)

in the country to discuss what constructive action can be taken. Many times Lynda, Luci, and I have sat in the same room where John Adams sat with his wife to listen in. Because of these sessions, I believe your children and mine will grow up in a happier

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Park City, Utah, 8/15/1964" (Item)

is that you have developed the one resource that ie least exhauatible: your natural beauty. This is a wise and farsighted investment. As today's generations a!"e frear than these before them, so future gene rations are going to have even more free time

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, 5/11/1965" (Item)

a sense of national heritage which stems from this man. Jefferson was a most conspicuous apostle of democracy. He expresoed the hopes and ideals of his time in his person, ht s words and in his faith in the equality of man. This house attracts me aa few

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication of Clinical Research Center, Children's Hospital, Washington, DC, 2/27/1968" (Item)

remember !eading a small girl by the hand into Children's Hospital for a minor operation that never theless could have bee n serious., A few hours later, happy and relieved, we walked out. That event is repeated thousands of times here: the '" scared child

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

and sparlding autumn days driving through Vi rginia or exploring around Texas, or seeking !and marks all across tbis vast land.. There was a marvelous time with Mr 0 Henry DuPont at Winterthur. There the treasures of this country in furniture, fabric, china

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, McAlester, Oklahoma, 10/27/1964" (Item)

Cabinet officers. I am happy to have with me today the wives tot\: three members of the Cabinet who are typical of the hard-working wives of members of this administration and women everywhere who give time to their communities. In Washington these ladies

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Henderson, Kentucky, 10/27/1964" (Item)

and their community and willing to use their time and talents to do something about it. I 1d like them to stand up and take a bow, The wife of our Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara -- Margie McNamara; the wife of our Secretary 0£ Agriculture Orville Freeman

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, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson before the Luncheon at the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, 10/1/1965" (Item)

time to read you the thousands of se r ious letters from c i vic beautification committees, ga r den clubs and conservationi s ts who report their activities. They a re thrilling -- filled with ideas which we try to p ass on. And t hey are evidence

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, University of Alabama and American Association of University Women Leadership Conference, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2/25/1966" (Item)

. Frank Rose to guide it through these changing and demanding times. You have gathered here because you know that Alabama, like the rest of our country, is in transition. Your conference theme recognizes that the decade of the sixties offers both

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)

faiths. They came over to the White Hou~e to talk about forming a Job Corps for Girls. We had quite a time finding a place to meet that day. Every room was filled with meetings or tourists. · Lyndon had even booked the Rose Garden. Ther~· ·a re days when

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 10/24/1964" (Item)

will justify his faith in you. It is a good time to be a woman. I am proud to be in the company of so many women who, as members of the great working f o rce of our country, have added stature and distinction to our r ecord. It is more that c oincide nce

Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Lamar State Technological College, Beaumont, Texas, 10/26/1964" (Item)

wi ves of members of this administration and women everywhere who give t i me t o their communities . They have also gi ven help to poss i ble school drop-outs by sitting hour after hour with youngsters of low -income and some times broken families

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 9/22/1966" (Item)

and with beauty in our steps. " I am proud to have the se hour s to get to know many of you a little better, and to see your works. We are all living in exdting times. We are living in an age that puts new premium on bèz.uty -- whether it is man-made, or natural

Press release, "Excerpts from Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnsons Notes at Canada Township School - Tuckasegee, North Carolina, 3/14/1967" (Item)

. And for the first time, men are teaching in Canada School. And as a souvenir of our meeting, and of the Preside~t's interest in this hopeful venture, I have brought some "apples for teacher 11 - - golden apples, syrnbolizing their membership in the Teacher Corps

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of the Syphax School Playground - Washington, 5/25/1967" (Item)

for a long time. Their leadership and their gifts have made the magic begin. It takes that kind of commitment to make a city grow the way we want it to grow a.nd change the way we want it to change. It will take help on your part to keep the magic alive. How

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

, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed, and the first of that which is to corne; so it is with the present tirne." So it is with Hemism ir. Now it is my privilege to start this symbolic waterfall for the first time. May all who corne here

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

where people can not . only prosper but where they can see and feel the beauty of our time and place. lt gives me special pleasure to see that it is a service-oriented business club that is l eading the way. lt has been said that: "In the country, people

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Baccalaureate Address, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass., 6/9/1964" (Item)

with men. But she wants to be ... while being equally involve d -- preemi nently a woman, a wife, a mother, a thinking citizen. Time has broug:it the emergence of the woman with the dual role, but necessity first created her in the expanding West. As we

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

down muddy banks into dark, enchanted bayous. While we fished through the long summer days, we enjoy e d the illusion that time was standing still. But time never stands still. I grew up, went to college and married a tall Texan. My horizons have b een

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, Jackson, Wyoming, 8/14/1964" (Item)

of rugged mountains fronted by deep, blue water. By the calendar of man 1s existence, J ackson Hole has had a very short history. From the nomadic Indian to the wandering trapper to the pioneer rancher to the setting now before me is but a moment of time

Press release, "Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 8/15/1964" (Item)

of your state have contributed to the defense of the free world. It is also significant that it was at the small community of Arco where atomic ene rgy was used for the first time to supply the electricity and lighting for an entire community. Eastern