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Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at a Meeting to Discuss Formation of a Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 2/11/1965" (Item)
  • what we can do to make our ccipital more beautiful. Perhaps some of you read. as I did, recently the statement of a BritiEJh diplomat back in 1913 who had just spent six years in Washington. He wrote: "Your admirable river, the Potomac, is quite
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Sam Rayburn Statue, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 1/6/1965" (Item)
  • st moment Sam Rayburn set eyes on this hill was a day in March of 1913. He arrived from Texas• Old Fourth District and stepped out of Union Station to see before him the breath-taking beauty of the glistening white Capitol dome. It was love at first