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For five decades, the LBJ Library & Museum has been not only keeping history but also making history

MONMOUTH — Lewis Gould says he was a “typical male historian writing about men” before he developed a new course to teach in the early 1980s at the University of Texas. That course, called First Ladies of the 20th Century — not counting Nancy Reagan, who was in the White House at the time — set Gould on a pioneering path of studying the history and legacies of the wives of American presidents. “I had to treat these women as independent and autonomous persons doing their own things,” said Gould, who has lived in Monmouth since 2012. “That was a dramatic shift for me.”

World Environment Day 2021: Theme, quotes, slogans, posters, greetings The theme of World Environment Day this year is 'Reimagine. Recreate. Restore' and its focal point is ecosystem restoration BusinessToday.In | June 5, 2021 | Updated 10:54 IST Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day is observed on June 5 every year to spread awareness about the importance of nature in more than 150 countries.  Due to the pandemic, there will be online campaign for the World Environment Day this year as well. World Environment Day theme 2021 The theme of World Environment Day this year is 'Reimagine. ...

On May 22, 1971 – 50 years ago this Saturday – a high-powered audience of politicians, religious leaders, educators and even Hollywood stars, gathered for the dedication of the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin. Then-President Richard Nixon led the honors for his predecessor’s project. Lyndon Baines Johnson’s would be the first presidential library located in Texas – the George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush libraries are in Dallas and College Station. The LBJ Library commemorate one of the most turbulent, consequential presidencies of the 20th century, and, in the mold of its namesa...

Despite a strain of political poison left over from the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson, as well as tensions on the University of Texas campus about the ongoing Vietnam War, the LBJ Presidential Library was dedicated in windy, muggy conditions at 11:30 a.m. May 22, 1971.  Friends and enemies alike, including President Richard Nixon, gathered 50 years ago on what was then the eastern edge of the UT campus to marvel at the monolithic, marble-clad tower that held the presidential papers, library and museum, and its long, low-lying companion building, Sid Richardson Hall, which housed wha...