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Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Music for Young America Concert by the Washington National Symphony, White House Lawn, 5/24/1967" (Item)
  • be fulfilled. I speak of a great and g!'acious lady, Mrs. Merriweather Post. For the eleventh year, each spring the Washington National Symphony has pre sented some 25 special concerts called "Music for Young America, 11 alla gift from Mrs. Post
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of the Syphax School Playground - Washington, 5/25/1967" (Item)
  • that have been happening down here to make it a nicer place to live. There is still much more to do in. southwe st, but this schoolya.rd is a significart step forward. Mrs. Graham and her newspaper, The Washington Post, have been concerned about southwest
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dunaway General Store, Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 6/10/1967" (Item)
  • opening the store, it is my privilege to make the first purchase inside and also to be the first person to use the Strawbery Banke post office substation. AU will be nostalgie expe'riences, and 1 hope you realize how much 1 appreciate the honor. Mr
Press release, "Mrs. Johnson's Remarks at School Dedication, 12/6/1965" (Item)
  • more , he taught us how t o set them out so they will grow. And there was Mrs . Post.. a lady who has loved trees and flowers all h e r life, and likes to share them with everyone. There were your teache rs, your principals, and your parents, who a ll
Memo, Horace Busby to Lyndon B. Johnson, 1/15/1968 (Item)
  • Post-Courtship Letters
"Suggested remarks for Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication of New Science Center at Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1/11/1964" (Item)
  • , the first and foremost answer always is: Education . We need more scien tists, more speci ally -trained post graduates, more highly - educated and highly-skilled workers . And that is what pleases me most about our experience here today
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of the Buchanan School Plaza - Washington, DC, 5/7/1968" (Item)
  • a very special place. One of our Congresswomen -- Julia Hansen -- teils me how. proud she is that your climbing posts are made from Douglas Fir timber from the woods of the great northwest. There is lots a.nd lots of soft sand -- two feet of it, I believe
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of Columbia Island at the Department of Interior Auditorium, 11/12/1968" (Item)
  • " in the District of Columbia. It was amazing how rnany of these pictures showed urnbrellas, rainfall and -- yes -- even snow. I almest called Marvin Watson and asked if we couldn 1t borrow that slogan on the Post Office Department: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, Texas, 4/4/1966" (Item)
  • -- I can better under­ stand the courage, stamina and drive of the pioneers who pushed back the Western Frontier and the qualities of thos soldiers who guarded their safety from this isolated post. Today it is equally significant that we are meeting
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
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Beautification Luncheon, the White House, 4/17/1968" (Item)
  • ! This is a large - scale solution to one of the greatest needs of our city. I hope everyone of you read the Washington Post last Sunday which proposed we celebrate America•s bicentennial in 1976 by a great effort to achieve our goals for houGing, transportat
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/8/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird has breakfast with LBJ; LBJ leaves for commencement address at Swarthmore; Lady Bird and Kay Graham to Art Fair sponsored by Washington Post; Lady Bird's remarks; Lady Bird works on Radcliffe speech; dinner with LBJ, Lynda Johnson
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, DC, 6/3/1964" (Item)
  • for the fulfillment of the American dream. The words on your diplomas are the sign posts on your road to the future. Horde are wonderful, magi.cal messengers. The words of the wise, of the g reat, of the prophet, the poet, and the philosopher have become yours. You
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)
  • welcomed shade and that comfortable feeling of deep roots. There was a marveloU.:s; swimming hole off the campus that must by now be lost t c-; the forces of progress. But the center of life was the Union Building. We all gathered there at the Post Office
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/27/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • y d e s k ,/a n d talk in g w ith L iz about ■V ■ ■■ in ' V^ going to P a lm B each. A nd/our long m id dle-of-the-night c o n v e rsa tio n , I ^ h ad to ld L y n d o n ,,/^ a t M rs . Post,.^w as thinking the F e d e ra l g o v e rn m e n t
  • LBJ's sleep habits; troubles facing LBJ; possible trip to Palm Beach; Marjorie Post & possible donation of Mar-a-Lago estate to Federal government; arrival ceremony for Liberia President Tubman; Lady Bird to luncheon at Lorraine Cooper's; phone call
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/4/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird has photos taken with Mrs. Post & her staff; Lady Bird back to White House; newspaper stories; LBJ to Hawaii for Vietnam talks; LBJ, Luci & Lyn to New York for installation of Archbishop; upcoming Austrian dinner; upcoming Texas trip
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/21/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • and Frances L ew ine, whom I think are p ra ctica lly twins; M a rie Smith of the Post; Isabelle Shelton of the Star; Eleanor P o llock of the Philadelphia Bulletin; and Nan Robertson, who w rote such good color s to rie s in the New Y o rk T im es about
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • C la r k , the c h ie f s p e a k e r , abou t w h o s e w o n d e r fu l a c h ie v e m e n t in P a lo A lto , C a lifo r n ia y /in a c lin ic fo r c h ild r e n ,^ ^ ^ a d r e a d in the S atu rd ay E v en in g Post^^'^^ m y le f t . ’ And a ls o
  • ; Lady Bird names guests at Women Doers' Luncheon; Lady Bird gives speech; speakers are Dr. Esther Clark, Mrs. Charles Welch & Muriel Humphrey; brief statement by Luci Nugent; Lady Bird to Mar-a-Lago, Florida, as guest of Marjorie Merriweather Post
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • in 1968; post-mortem discussion; Lady Bird has clothes fittings & desk work; LBJ gives prepared speech at dinner for Democratic National Committee and then goes "off-the-cuff"; that morning, LBJ meets with Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, Henry Fowler & John
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/19/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ; T.J. Taylor's store being torn down in Karnack & bricks to be used in post office building; LBJ & Lady Bird meet Italian President Saragat for state dinner; exchange of state gifts; birthday cake for President Saragat; Man of La Mancha is entertainment