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On october 22nd, 1965, president Lyndon Johnson signed the highway beautification act, ich called for removing some Outdoor Advertising signs and encouraged scenic enhancement along the interstate highway system. The beautification effort was championed by Lady Bird Johnson, who also worked with private organizations and Government Office to clean up the Nations Capital. Next on reel America Showcase for the nation, the story of mrs. Lyndon b johnsons Beautification Program, the 23 minute film by the Naval Photographic Center details the first ladys efforts to plant trees and flowers and impro...

Each family could come on and decorate the way they wanted. They needed to raise funds. There were no Government Funds for this. She came up with the idea of the guidebook. It was successful to raise funds for this redecoration. She solicited all over the nation for people to donate historical furniture and artistic items. Then she worked to make sure there was a law that cap. That those items became a permanent part of the white house collection. She succeeded in getting a new position created, the white house curator. She was a proponent of the arts. She use the white house to showcase the a...

Francisco of a heart attack, is reported to the press earlier that day that he died that he might be coming out of the woods and of course, he dies. Much like grace, much like jackie kennedy, she is stoic. The newspaper reporter who got on the trip, they are reporting now that this horrible change events as they go back east on the train, and they say she is never breaking down. They are worried. Shes not crying. And she says im not going to. She knows she has this responsibility of setting the stage for the country. She takes that very seriously. Privately, she is devastated. This is her whol...

Announcer American History tv was live on saturday from marion, ohio, for a modern symposium on first ladies, from Florence Harding to Michelle Obama. That was the theme of the annual warren g. Harding symposium at Ohio State University at mary and it is about four hours. Host and now entitled paving the way, we you please welcome the two rector of special events at the National First lady library, lucinda fraley. Lucinda thank you. And thank you, everyone, who was involved in the symposium. You have absolutely no how thrilled we are to be here. Anytime we get a chance to present first ladies,...

The newspaper reporter who got on the trip, they are reporting now that this horrible change events as they go back east on the train, and they say she is never breaking down. They are worried. Shes not crying. And she says im not going to. She knows she has this responsibility of setting the stage for the country. She takes that very seriously. Privately, she is devastated. This is her whole world. You have no children to rely on her one son from a first marriage already has died, he died in 1915. Its her. We can only imagine how lonely and afraid she felt. Lucinda annette, hoover. Annette we...