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The LBJ Presidential Library In Austin, Texas

Without bringing our politics into the blog we have seen the Reagan Library and now the other side of the aisle, the Johnson Library. The building was a very nondescript building on the campus of the University Of Texas At Austin.

This presidential limo was a model or two behind the one we saw at Reagan Library but still very impressive.
Each pen signed a piece of legislation into law.
Pretty freaking impressive we say. Even if all programs are not still effect, what it took politically to push them through the always divided Congress is amazing.
Hard to believe this was the teletype used to keep us in touch with the Soviets. Hope there were no glitches!
Very honorable. We are not seeing this type of allegiance from our Congressmen/Congresswomen these days.

There were many momentos of days gone by in the 60s that brought back so many memories. Each exhibit was tied somehow to the Johnson presidency:

We used to listen to this show on NPR religiously. It kept a perpetual smile on our faces for the entire hour. That smile was so big at times it even hurt!
We remembered the Smothers Brothers comedy duo. Like many current comedians, they loved to roast the president. We also found it impressive that after Johnson left office, they apologized for the “mean” things they said about him in the letter above.
Maybe the biggest “item” of the day was the ongoing Vietnam War. I remember being uneasy to say the least that I could be drafted right out of high school to fight in a far away place like Vietnam.

There was a wall of cartoons from the day that summarize what the media of the day was thinking about LBJ:

“What would you like to do honey – Get out or escalate?”
What many remember LBJ for is the decision to ramp up the war in Vietnam.
“The way things are going, I don’t dare say Ah, Spring…It’d turn out to be controversial”
“Hot Dawg! I’m really buggin’ those newsmen now—My new image calls for not reactin’ to their columns!”

One Reply to “The LBJ Presidential Library In Austin, Texas”

  1. I was not aware of a lot of the legislation during his administration even though I belonged to the government at the time.

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