April 2007 eNewsletter
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Lunch and Live Music on the Lawn
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Bring your friends, kids, and grandkids! On
Wednesday, April 4 from noon to 2
p.m., the
UT Steel
Pan Ensemble will provide a free concert on the lawn
in front of the LBJ Library and Museum fountain. Bring
a lunch;
tea provided by Sweet Leaf tea and gelato dessert
provided by Teo.
Sponsored by the LBJ Library and Museum and the
UT School of
Music.
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Education Building Named after LBJ
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On March 23 President George W. Bush signed a law
naming the Education Building in Washington, D. C.,
after former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Luci
Baines Johnson and Lynda Johnson Robb, daughters
of the former President, along with members of their
families, attended the ceremony in the Oval Office as
President Bush signed the legislation at the White
House.
Shortly before the ceremony, President Bush
telephoned Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at her home in
Austin to offer congratulations and allowed her
to hear the remarks made at the signing. Mrs.
Johnson, 94, did not travel to Washington, D. C., but
issued a statement through a spokesperson. "This
will be a fitting tribute to Lyndon who worked so hard
to make life better for so many, and - were he alive - I
can think of nothing that would please him more!
Lyndon wanted so much for the children of our country
to have a healthy and rewarding life, and he believed
that education was the key to fulfilling that hope. His
life was about education, and I believe that he would
have wished to be remembered as the 'Education'
President."
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Elementary
and Secondary Education Bill on the
grounds of former Junction Elementary School in
Johnson City with Kate Deadrich Loney, his first
schoolteacher. 1965 LBJ Library photo by Yoichi R.
Okamoto.
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Upcoming Friends Events
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April 4, 6 p.m.: An Evening With Max
Sherman
Lone Star Room at the Frank Erwin Center Mr. Sherman will discuss the new book Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder. Tickets have been mailed. April 17, 6:30 p.m.: An Evening With Maria
Shriver
Paramount Theatre Ms. Shriver will present American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver, a new documentary honoring her father's legacy. Please email your RSVP to friends@lbjlib.utexas.edu. April 23, 6 p.m.: An Evening With Bill
Bradley
Lone Star Room at the Frank Erwin Center Mr. Bradley will discuss The New American Story about America at a crossroads. Invitations have not yet been mailed. |
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