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  • Time Period > Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969) (remove)
  • Contributor > Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 (remove)
  • Subject > Ceremonies (remove)
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  • LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers; to St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, for Robert Kennedy funeral; the Johnsons pay respects to the Kennedy family; lunch on plane back to Washington; Lady Bird reads newspapers and takes nap; mourners killed
  • ay 9» 1964 P a ge 3 Then we went quickly out to M itc h e ll F ie ld on Long Island, fo r the dedication o f a John F , Kennedy Educational C iv ic and C u ltu ral Cente r . The scene was oddly ru ra l so clo se to New Y o r k C ity. fie ld , w ith
  • that thi~ wa~ the sa.nie group last y~ar that had so :;\\'J.n1pctl Prc:sitlcnt ___ .,,,, '--·­ 1964 Monday, July 20th (c1 •. tinued) Kennedy that he had lost a tie clasp and a shoe, so it was reported, and had been kissed, mauled and clutched
  • and LBJ birthday; recordings project of White House entertainment with proceeds to Kennedy Center; visit with Texans at luncheon; walk in gardens with Dr. and Mrs. Morgan; visit with Luci Johnson
  • a chance to thank him clvi1"' again. And the _illustrious architect, ~h Pei -- a quiet, gentle man • . I asked him how the Kennedy Library was coming. He told me that they . I -~· ............;. ~;.," . __...:._,:____.::_,;,_,,_,_,.._,,,,_.,,;d
  • Meeting with Madam Shoumatoff about FDR portrait; Lady Bird, Nash Castro and Mary Lasker visit award-winning beautification sites; Beautification Committee meeting; Lady Bird mentions attendees and agenda; award ceremony in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
  • Lady Bird to Kennedy Garden to meet Multiple Sclerosis group; Victor Borge's humorous remarks; Lady Bird to lunch at Evelyn Symington's where she tells history of house & describes artwork; conversation about Beautification & Common Market; Lady
  • Office work; swearing-in ceremony for District of Columbia Council; LBJ gives off-the-cuff speech; Lady Bird has lunch & goes to hair salon; family photographs in Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and the West Hall; Francis Lewine interviews Lady Bird