Lynda & Chuck Robb's one-year wedding anniversary; inaugural dress drama; Lady Bird meets with her staff; meeting with Harry McPherson about oral history project; meeting with Bess Abell & Jim Ketchum about Gilbert Stuart portrait of James Madison; Lady Bird to Army-Navy Club to reception for Jane Freeman; Lady Bird meets with Alan Boyd & 35 highway engineers; massage, rest & telephone calls; Archivist Wayne Grover resigns; party for James Webb & astronauts; signing ceremony; Important items displayed in the Treaty Room; dinner for James Webb & Apollo astronauts; Lady Bird names dinner guests; toasts by LBJ, James Webb & Walter Schirra; Webb receives the Medal of Freedom; entertainment is Jacques Offenbach's "Voyage to the Moon;" dancing
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/9/1968 (Monday)
Citation
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/9/1968 (Monday), LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/ctjd-19681209