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Lyndon B. Johnson

Physique: Average Build Height: 6'3½" (1.92 m)

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson also served as a U.S. representative and U.S. senator. Johnson is one of only three, along with Richard Nixon and Andrew Johnson, to have served in all four federally elected positions of the U.S. government. After he left office, Johnson suffered a heart attack and died on January 22, 1973 at the age of 64.

Tall, lanky and homely looking, during his administration he signed into law the Civil Rights Act (1964), the most comprehensive civil rights legislation since the Reconstruction era, initiated major social service programs, and bore the brunt of national opposition to his vast expansion of American involvement in the Vietnam War. He was also a philanderer of the highest order and a grade A dick, literally and figuratively, that is if you believe the rumors.

LBJ was married to Claudia Alta Taylor, known to her friends as "Lady Bird." The couple had two daughters. Throughout his life, LBJ’s extramarital affairs were anything but discrete. His wife, endured his behavior, with only occasional reprimands. LBJ has been referred to as a "giant" of a man, a description only his late wife Lady Bird (and dozens of other younger women) could verify. When swapping tales of womanizing with his fellow Senators, he would often brag about it, saying things like “Old Jumbo sure got a workout last night.” Now that's swagger.

Brújula

He was coarse and obnoxious.  A big, overbearing, profane, restless, ambitious Texan who pushed and prodded and wheeled and dealed his way from poverty in the Texas Hill Country to the most powerful office in the world. She was soft-spoken and eloquent.  A gentle, quiet, polite, and comforting presence for her father, her husband, her children, and her country.  As the social fabric of the United States began to tear during her husband's Administration, she found a way to literally beautify the nation. On November 17, 1934, Lyndon Baines Johnson was a 26-year-old secretary to Congressman Richard M. Kleberg, the member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 14th Congressional district of Texas.  Johnson was a tall, gangly, anxious, antsy young man.  So driven was Johnson that he made sure to personally answer every letter which arrived in Kleberg's office -- whether the Congressman deemed them important or not.  Johnson had started his career as a teacher, but it was politics that he was drawn to and politics which he was obsessed with.  Very few people truly knew Lyndon Johnson, but everyone who came in contact with him knew that he was somebody.  Lyndon's confidence in himself was never quite as high.  Throughout his entire life, Johnson felt he needed to press on further and faster in order to prove himself. On November 17, 1934, Claudia Alta Taylor was 21 years old.  When she was born, Claudia's nurse said "She's as purty as a lady bird" and the nickname had stuck.  Almost nobody called her "Claudia", she would always be "Lady Bird" and it was a fitting name.  Lady Bird's mother died when she was just five years old and her beloved father, a wealthy man actively engaged in business, couldn't provide all of the attention she must have hoped for.  What he could provide for his lonely daughter was opportunity.  Although she came of age in a time (during the Great Depression) and a place (southern Texas) where women rarely received a thorough education, Lady Bird was able to make the most of her intelligence and determination.  Not only did she attend college, but Lady Bird graduated from the University of Texas with two bachelor's degrees -- one in history and one in journalism.  Following her graduation, Lady Bird hoped to teach in an exotic locale such as Hawaii or Alaska, "But all that never happened because I met Lyndon." On the night of August 1, 1934, Lyndon and Lady Bird met for the first time, introduced by a mutual friend, Eugenia Boehringer Lasseter in Austin.  Though their initial meeting was brief, Johnson asked Lady Bird if she would meet him for coffee the next morning and she agreed.  Lady Bird nearly had a change of heart on the morning of August 2, 1934 and was close to leaving Johnson stood up on what was supposed to be their first date.  That morning, Lady Bird was scheduled to meet with an architect in downtown Austin who the Taylor family had hired to remodel their mansion, the Brick House in Karnack, Texas.  The architect's office happened to be next door to Austin's Driskill Hotel and Johnson -- sitting alone inside the hotel's coffee shop -- spotted Lady Bird walking by.  Johnson urged Lady Bird to join him and when she did, one of the more unique marriages and partnerships in American political history truly began. Lyndon Johnson hated wasting time.  His entire life seemed like a race against the clock.  Most of the men on the Johnson side of his family tree had lived relatively short lives before dying of a heart ailment.  Johnson always felt that he would not live long, and he often lived each day as if he were going to die that night.  Whether it was in the jobs he worked prior to entering public service or in his political career, Johnson wanted results and answers, and he wanted them immediately.  In his personal life, Lyndon Johnson was really no different. As they enjoyed coffee and breakfast at the Driskill Hotel during their first date, Johnson peppered Lady Bird with dozens of questions and bombarded Lady Bird with his own feelings, goals, worries, and intentions.  Lady Bird was a well-refined, polite young lady with impeccable social skills, so she must have been taken aback by Johnson's unabashed energy and intensity.  Yet, she was also captivated by Johnson's passion.  After breakfast, Lady Bird accepted an invitation to take a drive through the rural areas surrounding Austin.  An early version of LBJ's legendary "Johnson Treatment" persisted throughout their whirlwind afternoon together.  By the time Lyndon dropped Lady Bird off -- after spending just a few hours together and meeting her for the first time only 24 hours earlier -- he had proposed marriage. Lady Bird said no to his immediate proposal.  Not only did she barely know Lyndon Johnson, but earlier that morning she had even considered skipping their coffee date.  But while she declined Johnson's marriage proposal, she didn't deny her interest in him.  Later, she would say of their first date that Lyndon "told me all sorts of things that I thought were extraordinarily direct for a first conversation...about how many years he had been teaching, his salary as a secretary to a Congressman, his ambitions, even about all the members of his family, and how much insurance he carried.  It was as if he wanted to give me a complete picture of his life and of his capabilities."  In truth, that's exactly what Lyndon wanted to do.  Although she turned down his proposal, Lyndon and Lady Bird spent several days together that week before Lyndon returned to Congressman Kleberg's office in Washington.  Johnson couldn't leave her alone because he wanted "to keep her mind completely on me until the moment I had to leave for Washington."  By the time Johnson went back to the Capitol, Lady Bird had met Johnson's parents in Johnson City and Lyndon had met Lady Bird's father in Karnack. Lady Bird's father, Thomas, was an old-fashioned Southern gentleman and Lady Bird was his youngest child and only daughter.  A successful businessman and self-made man, Thomas Taylor didn't seem like the type who would mix well with impatient, boorish Lyndon Johnson from the Hill Country.  Lyndon himself was full of nervous energy as he and Lady Bird drove to Mr. Taylor's Brick House mansion near the Texas/Louisiana border.  He was worried about whether the wealthy Mr. Taylor would look down on the Johnson family's hardscrabble roots and hoping to conduct himself in a way that would impress both Lady Bird and her father. Thomas Taylor told his daughter exactly how he felt about Lyndon Johnson.  After Taylor, Johnson, and Lady Bird had dinner at the Brick House, Mr. Taylor excused himself and asked to speak privately with his daughter.  With Lyndon no doubt concerned in the other room, Mr. Taylor held nothing back.  "Daughter," he said, "you've been bringing home a lot of boys.  But this time you've brought a man."  Mr. Taylor adored Lyndon Johnson. Scheduled to return to Washington, D.C. the very next day, Lyndon again proposed to Lady Bird that night.  Once again, she turned down the idea of a quick marriage, but she encouraged him with a kiss before he started his long drive back to the nation's capital.  They had only known each other for a few days and she had declined two marriage proposals during that time, but Lady Bird "had a queer sort of moth-and-flame thing" she later said.  "I knew I had met something remarkable, but I didn't know quite what." Once Lyndon Johnson returned to Washington, he continued his pursuit of Lady Bird Taylor.  If he didn't talk to her on a long-distance telephone call from Congressman Kleberg's office, Johnson wrote a letter to her every single day.  Lyndon was always consumed by work -- particularly answering the Congressman's correspondence -- but things had changed after his visit to Austin.  Johnson would still work on the mail as soon as he arrived at the Capitol each morning, but before he did anything else he would find a quiet room and write his daily letter to Lady Bird.  To his co-workers, it seemed that every conversation or event or issue would remind him in some way or another of Lady Bird.  It was so unusual for Johnson to put so much focus on one of his own interpersonal relationships that the people he worked with at the time would distinctly remember the change in his ways even years later after he had been President of the United States. Back in Texas, Lady Bird Taylor was having a similar experience.  "I had never before considered myself a lonely person," she later said.  But she "had spent so much of my life by myself that I had gotten used to being alone."  The whirlwind that was Lyndon Johnson made an immediate impact on her.  "Lyndon came into my life and in one week's time he had become so much a part of me that when he left, I felt his absence terribly.  It was embarrassing to admit that so much could happen in such a short time.  Here was this man I barely knew talking about marriage and I was seriously considering the idea." While Lyndon kept pressing the idea of marriage, Lady Bird's heart agreed with Johnson while her mind told her that perhaps she should wait.  She still barely knew the man, and being married to the secretary of a member of the United States House of Representatives wouldn't have provided any woman with a sense of security.  Lady Bird had inherited money from her mother's estate and her father was a wealthy man, but she was unsure of how Lyndon might be able to support her.  She was also unsure about being a political wife, telling Lyndon in one letter, "Oh, I know I haven't any business -- not any proprietary interest -- but I would hate for you to go into politics." Lyndon was certain of two things that he wanted and needed in his life.  One was politics and though he was just a Congressional secretary, he was also intensely studying how Congress worked and building a foundation and network of political contacts back in Texas with his voluminous correspondence from the office of Congressman Kleberg. The other want and need was Lady Bird Taylor's hand in marriage.  On October 23, 1934, Johnson wrote Lady Bird a letter from Kleberg's office that expressed both of those wants and needs.  "This morning I'm ambitious, proud, energetic and very madly in love with you," wrote Johnson.  "I want to see people -- want to walk thru' the throngs -- want to do things with a drive.  If I had a box I would almost make a speech this minute.  Plans, ideas, hopes -- I'm bubbling over with them."  The hope that bubbled most intensely was his dream to walk down the aisle with Lady Bird. An overlooked aspect of Lyndon Johnson's life and character is his sensitivity.  In later years, that sensitivity was highlighted by insecurity and moodiness.  In the autumn of 1934, that sensitivity allowed him to articulate his feelings to Lady Bird with astonishing clarity and demonstrated an impressive ability to recognize and express exactly what he was doing and why he was proposing marriage so quickly: "I see something I know I want.  I immediately exert efforts to get it.  I do or I don't, but I try and do my best.  You see something you might want.  You tear it to pieces in an effort to determine if you should want it.  Then you wonder why you want it, and conclude that maybe the desire isn't an 'everlasting' one and that the 'sane' thing to do is to wait a year or so, and then if you still want it, to decide at that time whether or not you should make an effort to get it." At the beginning of November 1934, Lyndon Johnson couldn't wait any longer.  It was obvious to him that Lady Bird loved him, and he knew he loved her.  Lady Bird was still turning down Lyndon every time he pleaded with her to marry him immediately.  They had only known one another for about three months, but Lyndon forced the issue by pulling his Ford roadster into the long driveway at Lady Bird's father's mansion, the Brick House, in Karnack, Texas.  "Let's get married," Lyndon said.  "Not next year, after you've done over the house, but about two weeks from now, or right away.  We either get married now or we never will  And if you say goodbye to me, it just proves to me that you just don't love me enough to dare to.  And I just can't bear to go on and keep wondering if it will ever happen." Lady Bird was still torn and turned to her father for advice.  "Bird," said Mr. Taylor, the successful businessman who admired the guts and determination of Lady Bird's suitor.  "Some of the best deals are made in a hurry."  Thomas Taylor's words seemed to validate one of Lyndon Johnson's frequent exhortations in his letters to Lady Bird, "Why must we wait...to begin to do the things we want to do forever and ever?".  On the evening of November 16, 1934, Lady Bird Taylor finally said, "Yes", and agreed to become Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson. Just because Lady Bird agreed to marry him didn't mean that Lyndon was satisfied.  The very next day, November 17, 1934, the newly-engaged couple drove nearly 400 miles to San Antonio, Texas.  Lyndon had a friend in San Antonio who owed his political career to Johnson.  Dan Quill had been appointed postmaster in San Antonio after Johnson recommended his nomination to his boss, Congressman Richard Kleberg.  Johnson knew it would be difficult to find someone who would agree to marry him and Lady Bird on such short notice, but Quill was determined to return the favor for Lyndon.  As the couple drove to San Antonio from Karnack, Quill used his influence to acquire a marriage license for Lyndon and Lady Bird on almost no advance notice.  More impressively, Quill was able to talk an Episcopalian priest into marrying a couple that the priest had never met and who had only been engaged to be married for a few hours. With obvious reluctance because he had no prenuptial meetings with Lyndon and Lady Bird, the Reverend Arthur E. McKinistry nevertheless officiated a wedding on the evening of November 17, 1934 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San Antonio.  Quill served as Johnson's best man, a surprised local friend of Lady Bird's served as Maid of Honor, and there was just one other witness to the ceremony.  When Reverend McKinistry asked for the rings, the wedding ceremony was paused as Quill ran across the street to Sears, Roebuck and brought back a selection of wedding bands for the couple to choose from.  After paying $2.50 a piece for the temporary rings, Lyndon and Lady Bird places them on each other's fingers and were officially proclaimed husband and wife. The Johnsons -- lanky Lyndon in a perpetually rumpled business suit and petite Lady Bird in a basic lavender dress -- celebrated their wedding with a dinner at a restaurant on the rooftop of St. Anthony's Hotel two blocks south of the church.  They spent their first night of marriage together at San Antonio's Plaza Hotel.  The next morning, the newlyweds drove to Corpus Christi and caught a train to Monterrey, Mexico for a brief honeymoon.  One of the earliest pictures of the couple shows them standing in a boat while visiting the Floating Gardens of Xochimilco.  For Lady Bird, the honeymoon was an eye-opener in many ways.  A passionate lover and advocate of natural beauty and wildlife, Lady Bird was thrilled to explore the scenery and culture in Mexico.  The honeymoon, however, also gave her an indication of the live she was beginning.  Lyndon spent a significant amount of time talking about politics and itching to get back to Washington.  As Lady Bird would later say, "I was a born sight-seer, but Lyndon was a born people-seer.  He indulged me on that trip, but the truth is he wasn't much intrigued."  After Mexico, Lyndon and Lady Bird moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Washington, D.C., and their life together truly began.

It is impossible to do justice to the story of the relationship of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson in just a simple essay.  It is worthy of (and has been the sole subject of) entire books.  There are so many levels, so much depth, and such extraordinarily complexity to their marriage that a definitive history requires thorough study and an ample commitment of time and space.

We do know that Lyndon Baines Johnson was not always the greatest husband.  Just as apparent, however, is that Lady Bird Johnson was indeed one of the greatest, most influential, most loyal wives in American political history.  As First Lady, she not only understood her position in her home, but recognized the opportunities that she had to serve her country.  "The Constitution of the United States," Lady Bird said, "does not mention the First Lady.  She is elected by one man only.  The statute books assign her no duties; and yet, when she gets the job, a podium is there if she cares to use it.  I did."

Exceedingly capable, Lady Bird expanded the role of First Lady and marshaled all of her intelligence, ability, and beliefs in order to become a transformational activist in American life.  Every First Lady since Lady Bird has played an influential role in the lives of Americans, and that's not solely because of Lady Bird but mostly so.  Whether it was her campaigns for environmental protection and conservation, beautification, her support for civil rights, or her advocacy for those suffering from poverty or social injustice, Lady Bird was a force for positive change.

It is her most important role, however, which is often overlooked.  Lyndon Johnson was not easy to live with.  His larger-than-life personality and overflowing ego was constantly engaged in a see-saw battle with insecurity, a lack of confidence, and an overpowering fear of failure.  In every election that Johnson ever contested, there came a point where he was dominated by the thought that he would lose and all but decide to quit the race before Election Day.  In almost every one of those elections (and he only lost one election in his long political career), LBJ fell seriously ill shortly before Election Day.  Whether it was due to Johnson's tendency to work himself to exhaustion or partly due to a psychosomatic condition is not completely clear, but Doris Kearns Goodwin would later write that "Personal rejection was so unbearable to Johnson, so mortally threatening, that withdrawal was necessary...Episodes of rejection, actual or apprehended, seem[ed] to cripple Johnson's faculties and even, at times, interrupt his normal state of physical health and vitality."

It was Lady Bird who could calm him in troubled times.  While Lyndon Johnson is remembered as a political maestro, particularly in legislative politics, Lady Bird had great political intuition and knew how to handle Lyndon himself.  LBJ could be cruel and coarse -- not just to his colleagues and staff, but to Lady Bird.  In a 1994 interview with The Washington Post, Lady Bird admitted as much.  "Our was a compelling love," she said.  "Lyndon bullied me, coaxed me, at times even ridiculed me, but he made me more than I would have been.  I offered him some peace and quiet, maybe a little judgment."

That humility was not false humility; it was Lady Bird's characteristically earnest belief.  Yet, she arguably offered him more than he offered her.  When he was sick, she helped care for him.  When he was depressed, she helped make his life as easy as possible.  She motivated him in a way that nothing else could -- not even his intense drive to prove himself or ceaseless ambition for the power to help change things.  If Lyndon Johnson was a hurricane -- a force to be reckoned with, Lady Bird Johnson was the quiet breeze and warm sunshine which helped settle everything in the storm's wake.  I'm not sure Lyndon Johnson made Lady Bird more than she could have been, but I'm positive that Lady Bird helped LBJ become who he was.

In many of the books and interviews that I've read about the lives and times, accomplishments and failures of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, I have frequently come across the word "anchor" to describe her influence on the 36th President of the United States.  The intent of that description is to demonstrate how she helped LBJ remain grounded.  It's a positive label, but it's not the word that comes to my mind when I think about their unique relationship.

Instead, the word that comes to my mind is a word that Lyndon Johnson probably heard many times when he was just out of college and teaching at a small school for impoverished Mexican children in Cotulla, Texas.  The word is "brújula" and it is the Spanish word for "compass".  Lady Bird wasn't Lyndon's anchor.  She was his "brújula" -- the compass which helped him find his way.

Lyndon Baines Johnson could never stay in one place, so an anchor wasn't what he needed.  LBJ was always on the move, always going somewhere.  Perhaps that's why he knew he needed Lady Bird before she realized how she felt about him.  He recognized what she could be for him, and he couldn't let her get away.  For Lyndon, in a life full of historic accomplishments, it might have been his best decision.  Until the day he Lyndon Johnson died in January 1973, whenever he was lost, whenever he was disoriented, whenever he found himself wondering where he was, where he was going, and if he could go on, there was Lady Bird -- his brújula -- to guide him on his way.

History

December 22, 1783 - Following a triumphant journey from New York to Annapolis, Maryland, George Washington, victorious Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolutionary Army, appeared before Congress and voluntarily resigned his commission.

Birthday - Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was born in Lucca, Tuscany. Widely considered the greatest Italian opera composer, he is best known for popular works such as Madama Butterfly and La Boheme.

Birthday - "Lady Bird" Johnson (1912-2007) was born in Karnack, Texas (as Claudia Alta Taylor). She was beside her husband Lyndon Johnson on board Air Force One when he was sworn in as the 36th U.S. President following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. She proved to be a gracious First Lady, remembered for her anti-litter campaign, asking citizens to help "Beautify America."

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lady bird 1915 Claudia Alta Taylor was born on December 22, 1912 in Karnack, Texas that lies east of Tyler (see the map below). She was named after her mother’s brother Claud but got the nickname lady bird as her black maid thought she was a “purty as a lady bird: ” it stuck. Her family was descended from of Rowland Taylor, an English Protestant who was martyred during the Queen Mary’s…

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43 Motivational Lady Bird Johnson Quotes That Will Make Your Day

Famous As: Former First Lady of the United States as the Wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson

Born On: December 22, 1912

Died On: July 11, 2007

Born In: Karnack, Texas, United States

Founder / Co Founder: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, National Park Foundation

Died At Age: 94

Claudia Alta Taylor, renowned as Lady Bird Johnson, was the First lady of United States during the period from 1963 to 1969. She was an environmentalist and investor, and also proved her mettle as a competent manger. She worked rigorously to embellish nation’s highways and cities. She reckoned a capital embellishment project titled ‘Society For A More Beautiful Capital’ that worked towards boosting the physical conditions of Washington D.C for the residents as well as for people visiting the place. She also worked towards beautification of highways, inter-states, open spaces and green belts. She also penned down a diary titled ‘White House Diary’ which expressed the momentous events of her times.  She reveived ‘The Presidential Medal Of Freedom’ in 1977. She was also awarded the ‘Congressional Gold Medal’ in 1988 which made her the first wife of a President to receive such honor. Following is a collection of thoughts and views by Lady Bird Johnson, known for her beautification campaigns and love for environment. Browse through the quotes and sayings by Lady Bird Johnson that will inspire you to do your bit towards the environment.

The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.

Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by Julia Sweig

Notable Quote: “I’ll never forgive Lyndon’s boys for turning my environmental agenda into a beautification project,” she later recalled. “But I went ahead and talked about wildflowers so as not to scare anybody, because I knew if the people came to love wildflowers they’d have to eventually care about the land that grew ‘em.”

Lady Bird Johnson’s Brick House

Lady Bird Johnson was married to Lyndon Baines Johnson who became president after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. The Johnson’s were from Texas.

When she was first lady, Mrs. Johnson was known for her desire to beautify America. But her interest went beyond this. She was a strong advocate for conservation and historical preservation.

Her father, Thomas Jefferson Taylor and her mother, Minnie Patillo Taylor lived in the small town of Karnack located in east Texas. Mr. Taylor was a landowner and local merchant. He bought a stately mansion known as The Brick House in 1902.

Lady Bird was the Taylor’s third child and was born in the home.

Milt Andrews a Confederate Colonel, some sources state he was a Captain, had the mansion built in 1843. It was constructed of bricks made by slave hands.

The Brick House is a classic example of antebellum architecture. It has impressive brick columns and three brick fireplaces. Its balcony is 30 feet high. The mansion has four sets of double doors that lead to the home’s central hall. Access to the second story is via an exterior staircase only.

By the time the Taylors bought the home it was in sad need of repair. They undertook extensive renovations. The eccentric owner they bought the mansion from had left one room filled with hickory nuts.

Lady Bird’s mother died when she was four years old. Minnie tripped over the family’s collie in 1912 as she walked down the stairs. She was pregnant at the time and she miscarried. A few days later she died of septicemia.

Lady Bird was christened, Claudia Alta but her nurse, Alice Tittle stating the little girl was “as pretty as a lady bird” named her Lady Bird. This nickname stuck with her the rest of her life.

Lady Bird graduated from the University of Texas with a B.A. in Journalism. After her father died a Taylor relative donated 385 acres of the family estate in 1934. Today this section is a part of the Caddo Lake State Park.

The Taylor family still owns The Brick House and they keep it in pristine condition. Lady Bird’s former home is not only beautiful but it is also haunted.

A well-known legend states that a young girl was struck by lightning in the home and her ghost has haunted her bedroom ever since.

This young lady was the original owner, Milt Andrew’s daughter, Eunice. She went by the name Oonie. One day as she was sitting in her bedroom rocking chair during a storm in the 1860s a bolt of lightning rushed down the chimney and struck her—she was burned and died.

Since her death people say her spirit has never left this room. When the Taylors bought The Brick House her ghost came with it.

Lady Bird stated she never saw or heard this ghost but that every time she was in Oonie’s former bedroom as a little girl she became nervous. She felt something unseen was in the room with her.

Lady Bird said the servants often told her they saw Miss Oonie. They said this ghost was surrounded in light and was slight of build. She wore a white dress and her hair stood on end—the result of being hit by lightning.

In August of 1966, a newspaper article mentions Lady Bird’s brother Tony Taylor and this haunting. He states various family members did hear a woman sobbing in the mansion at night. They also heard creepy sounds of something moving about.

The Taylor family has taken this haunting in stride. For several generations they have felt this female ghost gives the home extra character. They refer to her as “a lady who lives in the house that nobody sees.”

The childhood home of Lady Bird Johnson in Karnack, Texas (1843) is a pristine example of antebellum architecture. Texas Trivia- Lady Bird Johnson’s Real nam is Claudia Alta Taylor. She was born on the second floor in the front room to the right in 1912. Her nurse, Alice Tittle, gave her the pet name “Lady Bird.” 📸: @larissaloveless

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Lady Bird Johnson Lady Bird Johnson, née Claudia Alta Taylor, (1912.- 2007, Austin, Texas), American first lady (1963–69), the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States, and an environmentalist. She proved to be a capable manager and a successful investor. After marrying Lyndon B. Johnson in 1934 when he was a political hopeful in Austin, Texas, she used a modest…

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Who’s That Statue? Lyndon Baines Johnson

Texas State University campus, San Marcos, TX artist Lawrence Ludtke; erected 2006

Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) was President of the United States from 1963-1969, and also served as a Democrat in the United States Senate from 1949-1961 and House of Representatives from 1937-1949. Johnson was born near Stonewall, TX and enrolled in Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1926, where he was on the debate team and edited The College Star. He graduated in 1930, having taught at the Welhausen School in Cotulla to fund his studies. 

Beginning in 1931, Johnson served as a legislative aide to Congressman Richard Kleberg. Johnson enrolled in Georgetown University Law Center, where he met Claudia Alta Taylor, whom he married not long after. 

He was appointed in 1935 to lead the Texas National Youth Administration, from which he resigned to run for Congress in Texas’ 10th congressional district. He was elected and appointed to the Naval Affairs Committee, though his most notable work was done toward rural electrification projects. 

Johnson was called up from the Naval Reserve in 1941 and was assigned to a survey team in the South Pacific, where he used a movie camera to record conditions. General Douglas MacArthur awarded Johnson a Silver Star for a flight in a B-26 bomber which Johnson claimed had been shot at--however, official flight records show the plane never came under fire. 

Having lost in his first run for Senate, Johnson was elected the Democratic nominee for Senate 1948 by a margin of 87 (contested) votes, and beat his Republican opponent in a landslide. In the Senate, he was appointed to the Armed Services Committee and chosen as Senate Majority Whip in 1951. When Democrats lost control of Congress in 1952, Johnson was made Minority Leader and became known for his persuasiveness.

Although Johnson lost the Democratic nomination for President in 1960, he was nominated to Vice President under Kennedy, while running for a third Senate term. Although he was re-elected, Johnson gave up the seat when Kennedy was elected President. While much of Kennedy’s staff and Cabinet were put off by Johnson’s roughness and crudeness, Kennedy entrusted his Vice President with many responsibilities, including heading up the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, where Johnson advocated for civil rights, and the National Aeronautics Space Council, in which Johnson inspected space program facilities and made recommendations for funding a moon landing.

Johnson was sworn in as President just two hours after President Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas. He became known for his civil rights and Great Society priorities, which included legislation on equal voting rights, healthcare reform, environmental regulations, poverty relief, and education reform. His 1965 Higher Education Act, which increased the amount of federal funds granted to universities and created new financial assistance opportunities to students seeking to go to college, was signed at Texas State University, his alma mater. He was also the first US President to prosecute members of the Ku Klux Klan since Ulysses S Grant. 

Johnson’s leadership in the Viet Nam War became a stain on his presidential legacy, as he greatly expanded the number of American troops deployed to Southeast Asia and resisted peace efforts by US allies and his own administration. He also continued the FBI-led investigation of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr which had begun under the Kennedy administration. The hit to his public approval by the Viet Nam conflict, as well as concerns about his own health, led Johnson to decline running for a second full term. 

Upon leaving the Presidency, Johnson returned to Texas, where his health declined as he began smoking again despite the risk it posed to his heart. He died of a massive heart attack at his Stonewall ranch in 1973, and willed the ranch to the public so that it may be a National Park. 

Lady Bird Johnson Once Said...

Lady Bird Johnson Once Said…

Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson (née Taylor; was born on December 22, 1912 and died on July 11, 2007. Lady Bird Johnson was an American socialite and the First Lady of the United States (1963–1969) as the wife of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson. She also served as the Second Lady of the United States.

Where flowers bloom so does hope. – Lady Bird Johnson

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Những hình ảnh về người phụ nữ quyền lực một thời của Sài Gòn trên tạp chí nước ngoài

Người dân Sài Gòn những năm 60, 70 của thế kỷ trước chắc hẳn sẽ còn thật nhiều ấn tượng về cái tên Đặng Tuyết Mai. Bà là người phụ nữ nổi tiếng Sài Gòn một thời về nhan sắc và trí tuệ, vẻ đẹp của người con gái gốc Hà Nội ấy đã làm xiêu lòng tướng Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.

Bà Mai sinh ra tại Hà Nội và mất cha từ sớm. Bà cùng gia đình di cư vào Nam trước năm 1954. Thoạt đầu gia đình bà định cư ở Đà Lạt, sau đó chuyển về Nha Trang nơi mẹ bà có cơ sở buôn bán.

Cho đến thập niên 1960, khi bà học xong, bà được tuyển vào làm một trong những nữ tiếp viên hàng không đầu tiên của hãng Hàng Không Việt Nam. Đây là một công việc mà bà từng bảo bà rất yêu thích trước khi quyết định lấy Thiếu Tướng Nguyễn Cao Kỳ vào năm 1964.

[caption id="attachment_963621" align="aligncenter" width="513"] Hình chụp Bà Tuyết Mai cùng chồng, ông Nguyễn Cao Kỳ trong lễ cưới năm 1964.[/caption]

Khi lập gia đình, bà Mai chỉ mới 23 tuổi, nhưng phải ngay lập tức bắt đầu với vai trò một người mẹ của 5 đứa con mà ông Kỳ đã có với người vợ trước đó. Một năm sau, bà sinh người con duy nhất là Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên.

Không chỉ sở hữu gương mặt khả ái, vóc dáng cân đối, Bà còn thông thạo tiếng Anh, tiếng Pháp. Bà thường xuất hiện bên cạnh phu quân trong những dịp quan trọng.

[caption id="attachment_963538" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Ảnh chụp đầu năm 1966, khi bà cùng chồng, ông Nguyễn Cao Kỳ tới Tây Ninh trong chiến dịch vận động tranh cử. (Ảnh: GETTY)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963540" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Ảnh chụp ngày 10/8/1966, khi vợ chồng Bà được Tổng thống Philippines Ferdinand Marcos và phu nhân chào đón tại Manila trong chuyến thăm cấp nhà nước.(Ảnh: GETTY)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963585" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Ông Kỳ tặng vợ mình một bông hồng khi họ rời Phi trường Orly gần Paris sau khi ông bà đến đây.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963542" align="aligncenter" width="621"] Phu nhân Mai cùng chồng tại Manila, Philippines.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963543" align="aligncenter" width="568"] Đây là bức ảnh đăng trên tạp chí LIFE năm 1966, Bà Tuyết Mai (thứ 2 từ phải qua) xuất hiện cùng phu nhân Tổng thống Mỹ, bà Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson và bà Imelda Romualdez, phu nhân của cựu Tổng thống Philippines Ferdinand Marcos.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963547" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Ảnh chụp tháng 11/1970, bà đi cùng bà Albert P Clark, phu nhân của chỉ huy Học viện Không quân Hoa Kỳ, lúc hai người tới thăm Khu học xá của Học viện. (Ảnh: GETTY)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963552" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Ảnh: GETTY[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_963562" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Hình chụp ngày 24/12/1966.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_963626" align="aligncenter" width="475"] Phu nhân Mai đọc một cuốn sách cho hai đứa con riêng của ông Kỳ.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_963634" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Hình chụp tại Nha Trang ngày 3/9/1967. Cô bé ngồi bên tay trái ông Kỳ là đứa con duy nhất của ông với bà Tuyết Mai, nhứng bé còn lại là con ông Kỳ trong cuộc hôn nhân trước.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963636" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Hình chụp ngày 20/01/1967.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963639" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Phu nhân Mai cùng chồng và con trong căn hộ tại căn cứ Tân Sơn Nhất năm 1966.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_963684" align="aligncenter" width="507"] Bà Mai với con gái Kỳ Duyên 18 tháng tuổi năm 1967.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963739" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Vài ngày trước 30/4/1975, bà cùng gia đình sang Mỹ định cư, đầu tiên ở Virginia, rồi Louisiana, cuối cùng họ ở hẳn California. Trong hình là hai ông bà tại Norwalk, California, ngày 10/8/1977. (Ảnh: GETTY)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963694" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Năm 1989, Bà Mai và chồng ly dị, sau này bà lập gia đình với ông Bùi Xuân Hiến.[/caption]

Bà Đặng Tuyết Mai qua đời ngày 21/12/2016, tại bệnh viện Hoag, Newport Beach, California, Mỹ, hưởng thọ 74 tuổi.

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Những hình ảnh về người phụ nữ quyền lực một thời của Sài Gòn trên tạp chí nước ngoài

Người dân Sài Gòn những năm 60, 70 của thế kỷ trước chắc hẳn sẽ còn thật nhiều ấn tượng về cái tên Đặng Tuyết Mai. Bà là người phụ nữ nổi tiếng Sài Gòn một thời về nhan sắc và trí tuệ, vẻ đẹp của người con gái gốc Hà Nội ấy đã làm xiêu lòng tướng Nguyễn Cao Kỳ.

Bà Mai sinh ra tại Hà Nội và mất cha từ sớm. Bà cùng gia đình di cư vào Nam trước năm 1954. Thoạt đầu gia đình bà định cư ở Đà Lạt, sau đó chuyển về Nha Trang nơi mẹ bà có cơ sở buôn bán.

Cho đến thập niên 1960, khi bà học xong, bà được tuyển vào làm một trong những nữ tiếp viên hàng không đầu tiên của hãng Hàng Không Việt Nam. Đây là một công việc mà bà từng bảo bà rất yêu thích trước khi quyết định lấy Thiếu Tướng Nguyễn Cao Kỳ vào năm 1964.

[caption id="attachment_963621" align="aligncenter" width="513"] Hình chụp Bà Tuyết Mai cùng chồng, ông Nguyễn Cao Kỳ trong lễ cưới năm 1964.[/caption]

Khi lập gia đình, bà Mai chỉ mới 23 tuổi, nhưng phải ngay lập tức bắt đầu với vai trò một người mẹ của 5 đứa con mà ông Kỳ đã có với người vợ trước đó. Một năm sau, bà sinh người con duy nhất là Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên.

Không chỉ sở hữu gương mặt khả ái, vóc dáng cân đối, Bà còn thông thạo tiếng Anh, tiếng Pháp. Bà thường xuất hiện bên cạnh phu quân trong những dịp quan trọng.

[caption id="attachment_963538" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Ảnh chụp đầu năm 1966, khi bà cùng chồng, ông Nguyễn Cao Kỳ tới Tây Ninh trong chiến dịch vận động tranh cử. (Ảnh: GETTY)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963540" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Ảnh chụp ngày 10/8/1966, khi vợ chồng Bà được Tổng thống Philippines Ferdinand Marcos và phu nhân chào đón tại Manila trong chuyến thăm cấp nhà nước.(Ảnh: GETTY)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963585" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Ông Kỳ tặng vợ mình một bông hồng khi họ rời Phi trường Orly gần Paris sau khi ông bà đến đây.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963542" align="aligncenter" width="621"] Phu nhân Mai cùng chồng tại Manila, Philippines.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963543" align="aligncenter" width="568"] Đây là bức ảnh đăng trên tạp chí LIFE năm 1966, Bà Tuyết Mai (thứ 2 từ phải qua) xuất hiện cùng phu nhân Tổng thống Mỹ, bà Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson và bà Imelda Romualdez, phu nhân của cựu Tổng thống Philippines Ferdinand Marcos.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963547" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Ảnh chụp tháng 11/1970, bà đi cùng bà Albert P Clark, phu nhân của chỉ huy Học viện Không quân Hoa Kỳ, lúc hai người tới thăm Khu học xá của Học viện. (Ảnh: GETTY)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963552" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Ảnh: GETTY[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_963562" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Hình chụp ngày 24/12/1966.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_963626" align="aligncenter" width="475"] Phu nhân Mai đọc một cuốn sách cho hai đứa con riêng của ông Kỳ.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_963634" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Hình chụp tại Nha Trang ngày 3/9/1967. Cô bé ngồi bên tay trái ông Kỳ là đứa con duy nhất của ông với bà Tuyết Mai, nhứng bé còn lại là con ông Kỳ trong cuộc hôn nhân trước.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963636" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Hình chụp ngày 20/01/1967.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963639" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Phu nhân Mai cùng chồng và con trong căn hộ tại căn cứ Tân Sơn Nhất năm 1966.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_963684" align="aligncenter" width="507"] Bà Mai với con gái Kỳ Duyên 18 tháng tuổi năm 1967.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963739" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Vài ngày trước 30/4/1975, bà cùng gia đình sang Mỹ định cư, đầu tiên ở Virginia, rồi Louisiana, cuối cùng họ ở hẳn California. Trong hình là hai ông bà tại Norwalk, California, ngày 10/8/1977. (Ảnh: GETTY)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_963694" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Năm 1989, Bà Mai và chồng ly dị, sau này bà lập gia đình với ông Bùi Xuân Hiến.[/caption]

Bà Đặng Tuyết Mai qua đời ngày 21/12/2016, tại bệnh viện Hoag, Newport Beach, California, Mỹ, hưởng thọ 74 tuổi.

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History

December 22, 1783 - Following a triumphant journey from New York to Annapolis, Maryland, George Washington, victorious Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolutionary Army, appeared before Congress and voluntarily resigned his commission.

Birthday - Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was born in Lucca, Tuscany. Widely considered the greatest Italian opera composer, he is best known for popular works such as Madama Butterfly and La Boheme.

Birthday - "Lady Bird" Johnson (1912-2007) was born in Karnack, Texas (as Claudia Alta Taylor). She was beside her husband Lyndon Johnson on board Air Force One when he was sworn in as the 36th U.S. President following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. She proved to be a gracious First Lady, remembered for her anti-litter campaign, asking citizens to help "Beautify America."