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#OnThisDay: Sixty-one years ago today, on September 4, 1964, #PresidentJohnson signed the #NurseTrainingAct of 1964, creating new training and financial aid opportunities for nursing students. 📷 Frank Wolfe | 12/23/1967 | #CamRanhBay, #Vietnam
#OnThisDay: Sixty-one years ago today, on September 3, 1964, #AttorneyGeneral #RobertKennedy resigns from his cabinet post, paving the way for his Senate run. On his last day in office, #RFK met with #PresidentJohnson in the #OvalOffice. 📷 Cecil Stoughton
#OnThisDay: Sixty-one years ago today, #PresidentJohnson signed the #WildernessAct of 1964, protecting more than 9 million acres of land. In his signing speech, #LBJ praised the bipartisan work in getting the bill passed. 📷 Cecil Stoughton | 9/3/64 | #WhiteHouse - #WashingtonDC
#OnThisDay: #PresidentEisenhower visits #PresidentJohnson at the #WhiteHouse. 📷 Yoichi Okamoto | 08/30/1965
Our #LBJLibrary staff and volunteers had a blast wishing #PresidentJohnson a #HappyBirthday in our archival stacks, surrounded by 45 million pages of historical documents. 🥳
Only paws-itive vibes today for #InternationalDogDay! 🐶 Whether he was at the #WhiteHouse, #LBJRanch, or even on the campaign trail, #PresidentJohnson always had his loyal companions by his side. 🐕
#OnThisDay: #PresidentJohnson signed the #AnimalWelfareAct, regulating the treatment of animals in research and exhibition. Full remarks: presidency.ucsb.edu/node/239023 📷 Mike Geissinger | 08/24/1966 | #WhiteHouse - #CabinetRoom, #WashingtonDC
#OnThisDay: A candid moment captured of #PresidentJohnson, offering a glimpse into the man behind the presidency. 🇺🇸 📷 Unknown | August 23, 1965 | #WhiteHouse
Swing by the #LBJLibrary next Wednesday, August 27, to celebrate #PresidentJohnson’s birthday with FREE admission and cupcakes! Come for the history, stay for the sweets. 🧁😋 🥳 lbjlibrary.org/visit
#OnThisDay: Sixty-one years ago, on August 20, 1964, #PresidentJohnson signed the #EconomicOpportunityAct, launching programs to improve education, health, employment, and welfare for Americans in need. Remarks: presidency.ucsb.edu/node/241884 📷 Cecil Stoughton | #WhiteHouse
Happy #NationalPhotographyDay! 📸 We’re celebrating with some of our favorite shots in our archives—captured by #PresidentJohnson’s #WhiteHouse photographers during his presidency and by our own photographer here at the #LBJLibrary in recent years.
#OnThisDay: In 1965, #PresidentJohnson signed the Housing & Urban Development Act—boosting urban development, expanding affordable housing, and improving living conditions in cities across America. 🎥 youtu.be/Gto_yzsROIU
#OnThisDay: In 1874, President #HerbertHoover was born in #WestBranch, #Iowa. Nearly 91 years later, #PresidentJohnson honored his legacy by signing the Herbert Hoover Historic Site Bill in the #WhiteHouse #RoseGarden. 📷 Yoichi Okamoto; Donald Stoderl | 08/12/1965
#OnThisDay: On August 9, 1965, #PresidentJohnson approved @utsystem Regent William Womack (W.W.) Heath's proposal to build the LBJ Presidential Library & Museum on @UTAustin's campus. 🤘 📷 Robert Knudsen | 05/12/1966 | #LBJ & #LadyBird meet with the architect, Gordon Bunshaft
#OnThisDay: Sixty years ago today, on August 6, 1965, #PresidentJohnson signed the #VotingRightsAct of 1965 while #MartinLutherKingJr and other #CivilRights leaders watched as a dream finally became a law. ✍️ presidency.ucsb.edu/node/241195 📽️ youtu.be/D3O1YavsXbU
#OnThisDay: @NAACP's Executive Director, #RoyWilkins, visits with #PresidentJohnson three days before the signing of the #VotingRightsAct. 📷 Yoichi Okamoto | 08/03/1965 | #WhiteHouse - #OvalOffice, #WashingtonDC
#OnThisDay: In 1964, #PresidentJohnson received a message that #NorthVietnamese torpedo boats had attacked an American destroyer in the #GulfOfTonkin. It was decided not to retaliate at this time, but rather to strengthen American patrols & issue a protest note to North Vietnam.
#OnThisDay: Fifty-seven years ago today, on August 2, 1968, #PresidentJohnson visited former #PresidentEisenhower at the Walter Reed Army Hospital in #WashingtonDC. 📷 Yoichi Okamoto
"That new right is the fundamental American right to a roof over your head – a decent home." #OnThisDay: #PresidentJohnson signed the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, assisting low and moderate income families in getting decent housing. ✍️ presidency.ucsb.edu/node/237775
#DidYouKnow: After signing the #Medicare and #Medicaid bill into law, and proclaiming the 33rd president "the real daddy of Medicare," #PresidentJohnson awarded #PresidentTruman and #BessTruman the first two Medicare cards.
