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Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 1/17/1969 (Item)

To the Bromley Smith residence for cocktails. 8:09 Returned to the White House. 9. Dinner with Dr. Billy Graham and Mary Rather. 10:13 To the theater to see beginning of "The Shoes of the Fisherman." 10:32 Returned to the second floor. 11:13-12 Saw more

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/17/1969 (Friday) (Item)

my h o s ts seemed s u r p r is e d and p le a s e d t h a t I was t h e r e . Back a t th e W hite H ouse, I found B i l l y Graham whom Lyndon had i n v ite d f o r d in n e r , a lre a d y i n th e West H a ll. We ta lk e d w h ile we w a ite d f
; huge crowd of well-wishers; LBJ gives speech; Lady Bird visits with & LBJ greets Alice Roosevelt Longworth; LBJ receives plaque & key to city of Washington, D.C.; remarks by LBJ; Lady Bird to cocktail party of Bromley Smith's; dinner with Billy Graham