Save the date for our next Friends program! On Wednesday, October 10, Harry Middleton will
moderate An Evening With A White House Diary celebrating the re-publication of A White House
Diary.
Originally published in 1970, A
White
House Diary is Mrs. Johnson's intimate,
behind-the-scenes account of Lyndon Johnson's
presidency
from November 22, 1963, to January 20, 1969.
Beginning with the tragic assassination of John F.
Kennedy, Mrs. Johnson records the momentous
events of her times, including the Great Society's War
on Poverty, the national civil rights and social protest
movements, her own activism on behalf of the
environment, and the Vietnam War.
On
October 10, we have invited a select group of Johnson
friends and family to tell their own
behind-the-scenes stories about the events Mrs.
Johnson describes. Bess
Abell,
Jim Ketchum, Liz Carpenter, Elspeth Rostow, Luci
Baines Johnson and Lynda Robb will join us on-stage
for story-telling and conversation.
Advance copies of A White House Diary signed
by both Lynda Robb and Luci Baines Johnson will be
sold at
the event on October 10 and in the LBJ Museum Store
beginning October 11. This event will be held in the
Connally Ballroom at The
University of Texas Alumni Center, followed by a
reception. Invitations will be
mailed soon. |
