As you may remember, the folks are trying to visit all of the Presidential Libraries. Lyndon B. Johnson's library is in Austin, so they visited it last week. Mom said it was interesting. He actually accomplished quite a bit while in office. One accomplishment was Medicare. He was very intimidating to people. He would stand over them and poke at them. He was 6'3. The folks also visited his ranch and were shown a room where he shut all the doors and wouldn't let the person he was speaking to out until they agreed with him. (We will tell you about the ranch in our next post.) He loved dogs and his known for his beagles. They were named Him and Her. He once lifted one of them by their ears for photographers. That was not nice, Mr. President.
Here are some photos from the museum:
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| Life like statue of LBJ that told stories. |
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| Replica of LBJ's Oval Office |
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| Him and Her |
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| LBJ and one of his daughters. The name was not listed under the photo. |
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| Lady Bird's Office. Her real name was Claudia Alta Taylor. She was given the name Lady Bird as an infant by her nurse maid and it stuck. |
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| Lady Bird went on her own campaign trail when LBJ ran for re-election. |
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| Life-sized statue of LBJ. |
Mom said she finds visiting the museums interesting because you learn about the Presidents as people and not just as politicians. They become more human.
Joey,
The Greyhound Who Thinks There Is Too Much Traffic In Austin
I really like your museums, so different from ours in that they are about someone you have actually heard of and not some 18th century Earl of somewhere or other. Great drawings on the wall!
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I went to that museum once and it was very interesting for me too. Mrs Johnson grew up in the town I lived in in east Texas and we had one of her evening gowns in our city museum. Special memories!
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Irish. I live in Nebraska, on the Colorado and Wyoming border with my mom and dad.
My Grandmommie and Papa Ray are in San Benito, TX. They are at the Palmdale RV campground. If your mom and dad go toSouth Padre Island you and Scout should ask if you can stop and see them! You can tell them Irish sent you! And if you are ever near me in Scottsbluff, NE, come visit. There are some pretty sights here, a nice dog park and a couple of terrific campgrounds. Mommy wants me around lots of greyhounds like me!
Have fun!
Miss Irish -