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Willie Lyndon Johnson, age 94, of Gatesville, passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 23, at Scott's Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Restland ...
Lyndon Johnson was inaugurated for a full term on January 20, 1965, following his landslide electoral victory the previous November. He was at the top of his political game and riding high in the ...
President Johnson read a proclamation to the nation the day after John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He praised the life of the 35th president and asked the nation to pause on Monday, November 25th ...
Bobby Baker, a protege of future president Lyndon B. Johnson whose career of wealth and privilege came crashing down in an influence-peddling scandal, died Nov. 12 — his 89th birthday — in St ...
Former president Lyndon Johnson did not attend the funeral for Martin Luther King Jr., citing security concerns, according to Rebecca Burns’ book Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...
Oval Office phone call on this day in 1973 involved the Cotton Bowl, LBJ, and a president’s funeral. By James David Robenalt. ... we know what Nixon said after he ended his call with Lyndon Johnson.
Kirk Johnson reaches out to touch his mother’s casket after speaking during funeral services for former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Concord Church on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Dallas ...
Flanked by Jackie Kennedy (R) and his wife, Ladybird, Vice President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as president of the United States of America by Dallas Federal District Judge Sarah T. Hughes (L) on ...
This 1964 Chrysler Imperial Presidential Limousine was used by former First Lady Jackie Kennedy during her husbands, JFK, funeral and eventually became the presidential limousine for Lyndon B. Johnson ...
The 100th birthday of former President Lyndon B. Johnson was celebrated in Statuary Hall as part of Lyndon B. Johnson Day in Congress. This was part of the year-long centennial celebration ...
Born on August 27, 1908, Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th president of the United States and was sworn into office following the November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy.