LBJ finally gets a Washington memorial

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LBJ finally gets a Washington memorial
By Maria Recio | McClatchy Newspapers

* Posted on Monday, September 17, 2007


WASHINGTON — Lyndon Baines Johnson, whose only Washington memorial has been a hard-to-find grove on an island in the Potomac River, finally has a monument suitable to his larger-than-life legacy — the Department of Education building.

The daughters of the nation's 36th president, relatives, associates and friends gathered Monday morning on the steps of the large education headquarters across from the National Air and Space Museum to dedicate former Federal Building 6 in honor of the Texas Democrat — the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education.

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, a Texan, presided at the ceremony, which featured Johnson's daughters Lynda Robb and Luci Baines Johnson, their spouses, children, most of their 11 grandchildren and such notables as Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, former Sen. Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., and former Johnson aide Joe Califano.

"More than 60 education laws were part of the vast number of legislative measures that made up the Great Society," Robb said. "But Daddy wasn't as interested in the number of laws he helped enact as he was in the number of lives those laws help enrich."

"It's a thrilling experience for all of us," said her sister, Luci. "It's a wonderful day of achievement." She said the day was "a great love feast."

"Nothing meant more to my father than education."

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[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. I thought he already had one.

[TomInTib]

2. Fuckin' aye.

Goddamn old bastard.

He only felt remorse when he finally realized that the jig was up. "If I've lost Cronkite...".

Fuck him.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. Gee, a guy makes one little mistake...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. I can't wait for the GWB memorial.

That'll be a thrilling day for all of us. A great love feast.

[angrycarpenter]

6. it will be a hole in the ground full of poisonous snakes.

with a slippery slope surrounding it.

[Neecy]

4. thanks for posting this

After reading the entire article, I have to say I'm pleased that Kay Bailey Hutchison isn't a hideous vicious partisan like so many of her fellow Republicans. Yes, she's wrong on the war and a million other issues but she doesn't demonize Democrats and these days that actually means something.

Interesting that it was DeLay who kept this from happening for so long.