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JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines: Megalith in Virginia near Washington, D.C.
Granite by Harold Vogel
Address: George Washington Memorial Parkway Nearest Metro: Arlington Cemetery (Blue)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000172 (dcMem ID #1266)
Granite markers surrounding the monument feature LBJ quotations
Environment: "All my life I have drawn sustenance from the rivers and from the hills of my native state. .... I want no less for all the children of America than what I was privileged to have as a boy."
Education: "I believe that every boy and girl in this great land has a right to all the education he or she can use... I intend to work to make this right a reality."
Civil Rights: "The promise of America is a simple promise: Every person shall share in the blessings of this land."
The Presidency: "I hope it may be said a hundred years from now, that by working together we helped to make our country more just for all its people . . . I believe at least it will be said that we tried."
This photo, taken by Catie Drew & obtained from Wikimedia Commons, is in the public domain.
Nonetheless ... Thanks Catie!
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Sources & Links:
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ADC Greater Washington, DC Street Map Book (130)
Wikipedia article on Johnson
National Parks Service on LBJ memorial
NPS website on the LBJ grove
