A surprise visit
In December 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson paid a surprise visit to South Vietnam to raise troop morale. In this photograph the President poses with nurses at a...
An Act to Establish a National Wilderness Preservation System
Also known as the Wilderness Act, this 1964 law provides for a National Wilderness Preservation System to ensure that wilderness lands will be protected in their...
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Act enforced the constitutional right to vote, conferred jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States, provided injunctive relief against...
First ever space walk
This May 25, 1965, memorandum from Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, informed President Lyndon B. Johnson that the...
"I Ask God's Help -- And Yours."
President Lyndon B. Johnson's made these remarks to the nation upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, November 22, 1963, the day of President John F....
Johnson nominates Marshall
This is a letter to the U.S. Senate from President Lyndon Johnson nominating Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. Marshall was a prominent attorney for the...
Oath of office for Senator Johnson
This is the oath of office signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1955 when he was elected to the Senate. From his service in the Senate, he became Vice President and then...