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Getting some free cake on LBJ's birthday is a rich tradition

The decision by the National Archives and Records Administration was made due to worsening COVID-19 conditions in Travis County.

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...

Sure others have come as well to pay their respects. they'll be doing it where we are right now at the presidential library. people have gathered already to see -- to get ready for this moment. it will be a sad moment. he will be laid to rest and he'll rejoin barbara bush, who was laid to rest here back in april. >> and this presidential library, it's sad while we're saying good-bye to presidents, but what great gifts they are across the country. i interviewed bob gates, who is also a giant fan of this president, at the eisenhower library, that's himself other political hero. the george w. pre...

First. this voting thing is just gonna have to wait. >> many historians take issue with that portrayal. the director at the lbj library wrote this characterization of the 36th president flies in the face of history. why does the film's mischaracterization matter? because at a time when racial tension is high in this country, from ferguson to brooklyn, it does no good to bastardize one of the most hallowed chapters of the civil rights move by suggesting the president stood in the way of progress. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. i am with anybody who believes in preserving history as it act...