Our 39th president Jimmy Carter was born in this hospital in 1924. He was the first president born in a hospital.President Carter grew up in this farmhouse on his family’s farm.Carter’s parents bedroom.Ruth, Carter’s sister’s bedroom.Jimmy Carter’s bedroom.Kitchen.Dining Room.Back porch.Indoor bathroom.Outhouse…A 2-holer!The farm.Jimmy Carter’s father’s store.Jimmy Carter attended Plains High School.The stacks of books demonstrate the discrepancy between “white” and “black” schools. In 1941 When Carter graduated, Plains High School library had 2,928 books, while the “black” school Wards Chapel Church School had 30 books.Carter grew up in Plains Baptist Church.Jimmy and Rosslyn were married in Plains United Methodist Church.As adults the Carters attended Maranatha Baptist Church. Jimmy taught Sunday School here.Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter ran for president in 1976, the first presidential election I was able to vote in.Carter’s presidential campaign headquarters in 1976 was in the Plains depot because it was the only place in Plains that had a telephone!Inside the depot today are displays related to the 1976 campaign.You can get peanut ice cream here – delicious!Downtown Plains is literally one block long, on one side of the street!Jimmy’s brother Billy became quite the celebrity in 1976 during the campaign. He was outspoken and took full advantage of the fame. He even created a fad – Billy Beer!Monument honoring Plains’ favorite son, President Jimmy Carter.President Carter’s singular significant achievement during his presidency was the Camp David Accords which outlined peace between Egypt and Israel.The last year of Carter’s presidency was overshadowed by the capture of American diplomats in the US Embassy in Tehran Iran by Muslim terrorists.After his presidency Carter established the Carter Center to push for world peace and Habitat for Humanity which built homes for the poor. Here is one of his hammers he used on Habitat for Humanity projects.The Smiling Peanut is one of the top Roadside America attractions! It was donated to Plains in 1976 to focus on Carter’s toothy smile.President Carter’s actual Nobel Peace Price. Pretty cool to see in in person.Another award for Carter.
To conclude our Princess cruise-land tour, we stayed at the Hotel Captain Cook in downtown Anchorage. The rest of our vacation we were on our own plans!The view of downtown Anchorage from our room.Sculptures honoring Captain James Cook’s explorations.5th Avenue, Anchorage’s main street for shops and restaurants.Balto sculpture. A 700-mile dog sled relay was set up to deliver serum to Nome after an outbreak of diptheria in 1925. Balto led the final leg of the relay into Nome, so he became a hero, and the subject of several movies. The first leg of the relay was led by Togo, the subject of another movie. This relay was the inspiration for the Iditarod race, which is held yearly. Alaska became our 49th state in 1959, signed into law by President Dwight Eisenhower.Cook Inlet.Statue of Captain Cook looking out over Cook Inlet.Captain James Cook statue. Captain Cook was a British explorer who led three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, from Antarctica to Alaska, to Hawaii and Australia and New Zealand.Selfie sign at the Anchorage Airport.Statue of Senator Ted Stevens. The plane that would fly us to Barrow.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum.I have been looking forward to visiting this museum for a long time. Richard Nixon, our 37th president (1969-1974), was elected president in 1968. It was during the election of 1968 that I first became interested in history, politics and presidential history. I was in the fourth grade.Nixon was born in this house in Yorba Linda CA on January 9, 1913. His father Frank Nixon built this house in 1912.Richard Nixon is the child on the far right.Nixon was raised on a lemon grove until he was 9, when his parents sold the farm and bought a gas station and general store. When Richard was 14 his father put him in charge of the produce, which required him driving into Los Angeles every morning to find the best produce at the markets there.Nixon (#12) played football in high school and Whittier College.High School Senior picture.Whittier letter jacket.Nixon earned his law degree from Duke University Law School.Richard met his future wife Pat Ryan when they both starred in a play with the Whittier Community Players. For Richard it was love at first sight. For Pat, not so much. She wanted to have fun and travel. Eventually Richard won her love.Nixon used this desk in his first law office. He and his father built this desk together, The top of the desk was a door.Nixon enlisted in the Navy during World War II, and was commissioned as an officer in 1942. He served on several South Pacific islands. While in the Navy he learn valuable skills such as poker and negotiating. He also met people from diverse backgrounds all across the USA. He resigned his commission as a Lieutenant in 1946.A love note to Pat.Nixon’s first political campaign was in 1946 for a Congressional seat. He defeated a 5-term Democrat Congressman.This picture features two future presidents, side-by-side in the back row. John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon were freshmen members of Congress in 1947. Congressman Nixon became a strong voice in opposition to Communism, including the Communism that was creeping into the US, even the government. Nixon won re-election unopposed in 1948, then he ran for a Senate seat in 1950, in which he defeated a New Deal Democrat Congresswoman.Dwight Eisenhower selected Senator Nixon to be his running mate in the 1952 presidential election. They won, so six years after Nixon’s first election to Congress, he became Vice President!The media hounded Nixon constantly, even accusing him of financial improprieties. During the 1952, Nixon aggressively responded to the critics by going on national TV to discuss his financial condition. One of the more famous parts of his speech was when he spoke of his wife Pat having a “respectable Republican cloth coat”. The most famous part of the speech was when he discussed one gift he had received – a cocker spaniel that Nixon had named Checkers. Nixon went on to say “The kids love the dog and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we’re gonna keep it.” The “Checkers Speech” solidified Eisenhower’s support for his Vice Presidential candidate. The media never let up on Nixon, right on through to his resigning the presidency in 1974.When President Eisenhower had a heart attack in 1955, that put Vice President Nixon in the delicate position of leading the nation through a crisis. He showed leadership and a calm hand during this time. He depended on direction from Eisenhower’s Chief of Staff Sherman Adams and Nixon’s mentor Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. No crises broke out during Eisenhower’s incapacity.The Civil Rights Act of 1957 established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. It also established a federal Civil Rights Commission with authority to investigate discriminatory conditions and recommend corrective measures. The final act was weakened by Congress due to lack of support among the Democrats.In 1958, the Soviet Union and the United States agreed to set up national exhibitions in each other’s nation as part of their new emphasis on cultural exchanges. The Soviet exhibition opened in New York City in June 1959; the US exhibition opened in Moscow in July. On July 24, Vice President Nixon served as a host for a visit by Soviet leader Khrushchev.
As Nixon led Khrushchev through the American exhibition, the Soviet leader’s famous temper began to flare. When Nixon demonstrated some new American color television sets, Khrushchev launched into an attack on a resolution passed by Congress that condemned Soviet control of the “captive” peoples of Eastern Europe.
Khrushchev then sneered at the U.S. technology on display, proclaiming that the Soviet Union would have the same sort of gadgets and appliances within a few years. Nixon goaded Khrushchev by stating that the Russian leader should “not be afraid of ideas. After all, you don’t know everything.” The Soviet leader snapped at Nixon, “You don’t know anything about communism–except fear of it.”
Nixon and Khrushchev continued their argument in the kitchen of a model home built in the exhibition. With their voices rising and fingers pointing, the two men went at each other. Nixon suggested that Khrushchev’s constant threats of using nuclear missiles could lead to war, and he chided the Soviet for constantly interrupting him while he was speaking. Taking these words as a threat, Khrushchev warned of “very bad consequences.” Perhaps feeling that the exchange had gone too far, the Soviet leader then noted that he simply wanted “peace with all other nations, especially America.” Nixon rather sheepishly stated that he had not “been a very good host.”
This “Kitchen Debate” was one of the most famous moments of the Cold War, and Nixon won.Richard Nixon vs John F. Kennedy for President in 1960. The first televised presidential debate gave the advantage to Kennedy, as he looked more youthful than Nixon, whose makeup made him look pale and unhealthy. Kennedy won a very close election that was possibly won fraudulently. Nixon was advised to contest the election, but he refused, not wanting to cause uncertainty in our elections.After losing in the 1960 presidential election, Nixon ran for governor of California in 1962, and lost. His concession speech included the famous line “They won’t have Dick Nixon to kick around any more”.Nixon related his own low point in 1962 to the low points in the political careers of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French President Charles DeGaulle.Nixon’s great comeback was in 1968. His appeal of “law and order” was very popular with the American people who were dealing with the many upheavals in the 1960s decade.The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was the closest we ever came to nuclear war with the Soviet Union.President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.Racial violence broke out in many places due to pushback against civil rights for blacks. There were sit-ins at lunch counters where restaurants refused to serve blacks. Violence against blacks back then was real.Social change happened at college campuses across the country. The “hippie” generation came of age.The war in Vietnam created violent divides in the country. Anti-war protests were the order of the day. Our government did not seem to have an objective in this war, similar to Ukraine today.In addition to President Kennedy in 1963, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy were assassinated in 1968.Racial violence and riots broke out in cities like Detroit and Los Angeles. Many cities had riots in response to Martin Luther King’s assassination. The 1968 Democrat National Convention in Chicago also broke out into violence. Into this miasma came Richard Nixon promising a return to law and order.Nixon won the 1968 presidential election in a fairly close election. He won only 43% of the popular vote in a three-person race.Replica of Nixon’s Oval Office.The overriding issue of the day was the Vietnam War.Nixon campaigned on “winning the peace” for the US.Nixon was able to create a cease fire that signaled the end of the war, but in reality the war didn’t end until 1975 under President Gerald Ford, when we evacuated our embassy in Saigon in a memorable helicopter airlift from the roof of the building.July 1969: Man landed on the moon. I remember watching this on TV, as well as most everyone around the world.President Nixon achieved a substantial domestic policy record during his term. Ostensibly he tried to reduce the federal government’s footprint on American’s lives, but unfortunately the government behemoth only grew.Nixon established the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), which has turned into an abusive and intrusive agency that tries to impact every area of our lives. Not allowed by our constitution, but it is here nonetheless. Originally a response to polluted rivers, the agency has expanded way beyond intended.Nixon pushed for research into a cure for cancer, among other reforms. OSHA was created in 1970.Nixon ended the draft in 1973. Voting age was lowered from 21 to 18.Nixon signed Title IX into law in 1972, resulting in a dramatic increase in funding for women’s sports at the high school and college levels.President Nixon supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, so as president he worked to make all Americans accept and obey them in their everyday lives. In addition to Title IX for women’s sports, Nixon executed orders to establish the first affirmative action program for southern schools, and for equal rights in housing for minorities blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans.President Nixon’s domestic legacy.Nixon named four justices to the Supreme Court.President Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev signed the interim Strategic Arms Limitation Talks agreement (SALT I) in 1972.A chunk of the Berlin Wall.The Middle East has always been a hot spot for wars and conflict.Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Golda Meir worked toward hopes for a more peaceful Middle East. Alas, the hope was ultimately only short-lived.First Lady Pat NixonPresident Nixon welcomes Elvis Presley to the White House in 1970.Elvis is on Nixon’s official schedule.Nixon’s youngest daughter Tricia married Edward Cox in the White House Rose Garden in 1971.Model of a room in Nixon’s home at San Clemente CA, the “Working Western White House” during Nixon’s term.President Nixon sailed to re-election in the 1972 election, running against ultra-liberal George McGovern.Nixon won every state except Massachusetts (and DC).One of the three largest landslides in US presidential history.President Nixon was the first US president to visit Red China, what he termed “The week that changed the world”.Nixon meeting Mao Tse Tung, one of the great mass-murderers in world history.Watergate brought down the Nixon presidency.Nixon campaign supporters broke in the Democrat National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC in 1972.There was never any information that indicated President Nixon was aware of the break in beforehand. There has been some recently revealed evidence that indicates that the CIA and possibly FBI were involved as well.However, there was a cover up. And that’s what snagged Nixon.Several presidents had taped all of their Oval Office conversations for posterity.During the Congressional investigation into Watergate, they discovered there was an 18-1/2 minute gap in a tape recording that seemed to be at a key time in the conversation. This gap indicated deception and was the final straw leading to Nixon’s resignation on August 8, 1974. I remember watching Nixon’s speech on TV on August 7, resigning the presidency effective noon tomorrow. Gerald Ford was sworn in at that time. Ford later gave Nixon a full pardon for any possible crimes he committed in the Watergate affair. The pardon most likely cost Ford the election of 1976, when he lost a fairly close election to Jimmy Carter.President Nixon’s farewell speech at the White House.Nixon later became a respected elder statesman.Nixon inspired many books, movies, even impersonations!Outside of the museum looks like the White House.Replica of the White House East Room.Replica of Nixon’s Cabinet Room.Marine One helicopter.Model of Nixon’s Air Force One.Tricia receiving the flag from Nixon’s coffin.Five presidents and first ladies attended Nixon’s funeral in 1994: Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter and Ford.Graves of Pat and Richard Nixon.The Nixon family.Special exhibit on the Cold War at the Nixon Museum.Checkpoint Charlie in East Berlin.Bust of Soviet Communist founder Vladimir Lenin. This was made in the former Soviet Union.This exhibit highlights the spy agencies – the CIA in the US and the Soviet Secret Police.Soviet propaganda posters.Nuclear submarine missile launch.MK-57, a small nuclear bomb that was carried on US Navy aircraft and used by the Navy, Marines and Air Force, from 1963-1992. This is a dummy one, whew!DEFCON 5 actually indicates the lowest level of alertness, so our movies use the DEFCON levels incorrectly. DEFCON 1 is the most critical level, and we have never been at DEFCON1. DEFCON 2 has only been activated twice, once during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, and the other at the beginning of the First Gulf War in 1991.During the Cold War, many families constructed bomb shelters in their homes, with supplies to withstand a bombing.Many movies used the Cold War and spying in their plots.Even cartoons” Rocky and Bullwinkle were always pitted against Boris and Natasha!TV sitcom Get Smart added layers of silliness in the spy vs spy genre.Rocky IV showed how we can all come together for peace when he knocked out the Soviet’s best boxer Ivan Drago. after training for the fight in snowy Russia.
This is the Library and Museum of President Ronald Reagan, one of our greatest and most consequential presidents. He served as president from 1981-1989.Coincidentally we visited Reagan’s museum on his 112th birthday!Closeup of the sculpture.Presidential seal.President Reagan was an eternal optimist – he believed in the goodness and potential of the American people.Cool hologram movie of President Reagan.Reagan was born in Tampico IL, and grew up in Dixon IL. We visited both places back in 2019.Reagan was a lifeguard in Dixon and is credited with saving 77 lives in the Rock River. Reagan served in the Army in World War II. Hos poor eyesight kept him out of combat, so he made training films and documentaries for the military,Reagan got into broadcasting early as a football announcer.In Hollywood, Reagan was busy in films. One of his most famous roles was as Notre Dame football player George Gipp. As he was dying in bed, he asked his coach to tell his teammates to just go out there, and “win one for the Gipper”. The Gipper nickname stuck to Reagan for the rest of his life.Reagan was vary active in Hollywood.Reagan hosted the General Electric Theater television program.Reagan ran for Governor of California in 1966, and won in a landslide.Reagan’s political and social positions were very well known. He was a prolific writer.Reagan ran for the Republican presidential nomination against President Gerald Ford in 1976. The contest was very close, and there was even some talk of Ford and Reagan to run for “co-president”, but Reagan rejected that idea, and acquiesced for Ford, to eliminate the possibility of a convention floor fight.As President Jimmy Carter flailed about from 1977 to 1980, failing in just about every area of leadership, Reagan geared up for a run against Carter in 1980. “Nation in Crisis” is not hyperbole. The USA was a mess under Carter. Muslims stormed the US embassy in Tehran Iran and kidnapped 52 American diplomats and held them for the remainder of Carter’s term.Carter’s economy created miserable conditions in the US. Unemployment was nearly 8%, Inflation was nearly 12% , and Interest rates were over 11%.Dependence on Middle Eastern oil, with the Muslim terrorism in Iran and around the world, we suffered an oil shortage, which led to long lines at the gas station, and even rationing of gas. If you license plate ended with an even number, you could only buy gas on even numbered days, etc. It was miserable. Carter’s time in office has been described (accurately in my opinion) as “malaise”.Bad economic news seemed to hit every day.Ronald Reagan and President Carter has one debate. In the debate, Reagan was calm and his answers were confident and sensible. Carter constantly mischaracterized Reagan’s positions, leading Reagan to his famous retorts “There you go again!”This question reduced the election to the core issue for Americans.One week before the election, the polls showed the race was too close to call. In reality, Reagan won a massive landslide against a sitting president – 44 states to 6!The election was decided on Election Day. Novel concept, no?President Reagan’s mother’s Bible, which he used for his inaugurations.President and Nancy Reagan’s inauguration clothes.On Monday March 30, 1981, President Reagan was shot as he was leaving the Washington Hilton Hotel after giving a speech. I remember this as I was working at a store in Farmville when it happened and we turned on the TV to watch it unfold.The would-be assassin’s bullet hole in President Reagan’s jacket. Reagan survived as the whole country actually came together to support his recovery. Reagan’s humor was disarming, and when the surgeon came into the operating room to remove the bullet and repair the damage, the president told him “I hope you are a Republican”, to which the surgeon replied “today, Mr. President, we are all Republicans!”Christmas at the Reagan White House.First Lady Nancy Reagan.The Reagan’s White House china.President Reagan’s Oval Office replica.Plaque that President Reagan kept on his desk.In his first 70 days, President Reagan announced his economic recovery plan: increased defense spending within steep cuts in overall federal government spending, historic tax cuts, smaller government and protection for “safety net” programs. He appealed directly to the American people to gain support for his programs, asking them to contact their Congressmen to voice support. President Reagan also ended federal wage and price control programs, as well as price controls on crude oil and other petroleum products. President Reagan warned that it would take time for favorable results to be felt, and he was correct.President Reagan’s economic policy led to drastic reductions in inflation, unemployment, mortgage interest rates and the federal income tax rate.The Statue of Liberty underwent major restoration 1984-1986. President Reagan presided at Liberty Weekend, re-dedicating the monument.Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on takeoff in January 1986, killing all of the astronauts on board. It was a great tragedy, and President Reagan offered consolation to the families and the entire nation. I was in Beaumont TX a the time, and we crowded into another office that had TV so we could watch the unfolding news coverage. A very sad day.President Reagan won in a massive 49 state landslide in 1984. The US invaded Grenada in October 1983 after the Grenadan president was assassinated, which put American students in danger. After about 4 days of sometimes fierce fighting with the Cubans who were there, the US declared victory. The world was transformed during the 1980s with the leadership of US President Reagan, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul II, and Polish labor leader Lech Walesa. They led a global movement in opposition to the Soviet Union.In the 1980s, the Soviet Union had 3 leaders die in office. This made the way for Mikhail Gorbachev to rise to power, which in turn provided President Reagan with a partner to work toward peace, and ultimately, the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1989.In October 1986, there was a bombing at a discotheque in Germany, and blame was assigned to Libyan leader Gaddafi. As a result the US bombed Tripoli a few days later.At noon on January 20, 1981, as Ronald Reagan was being sworn in as president, Iran released the 52 hostages that had been held captive for 444 days. In 1982, terrorists bombed the US Embassy in Lebanon. In 1983, terrorists bombed the US Marine barracks in Lebanon, killing 241 Marines. In 1985, terrorists hijacked a TWA plane and killed a passenger. Also in 1985, terrorists hijacked the cruise ship Achille Lauro, and killed a disabled passenger. The Middle East has been a hotbed of Muslim terrorism for decades.President Reagan’s foreign policy regarding the Soviet Union was “Peace Through Strength”, and it worked, as the Soviet Union fell in 1989.The truth about Communism and Communists.Communist Soviet leaders.Communist leaders, including Mao of Red China, who killed upwards of 40 to 100 million Chinese citizens during Mao’s “Great Leap Forward”.President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had four summit meetings ostensibly to reduce nuclear arms in the two nations and resolve the Cold War. The first summit was at Geneva in 1985. By this time both the US and USSR shared the goal of nuclear arms reduction. For years Reagan had referred to the Soviet Union as “The Evil Empire”, which Gorbachev objected to during this meeting. Earlier in his term President Reagan had introduced the Strategic Defense Initiative, known as Star Wars, which designed to use space for delivering defense missiles. This summit ultimately produced no agreement on nuclear weapons. Gorbachev refused to negotiate unless Reagan was willing to discuss dismantling Star Wars, which was a non-starter. The ultimate outcome of Geneva was as a breakthrough in US-Soviet relations due to the personal connection between Reagan and Gorbachev.This second summit was held in 1986 in Reykjavik Iceland. Reagan and Gorbachev continued to negotiate and debate nuclear arms reduction, but no agreement was reached. It was considered the turning point in the Cold War, as both leaders agreed in the principle of nuclear abolition. President Reagan held firm on not abandoning SDI.The third summit was in 1987 in Washington DC. Reagan and Gorbachev discussed arms reductions and limitations. Gorbachev finally agreed to disarmament even though Reagan would not abandon SDI. The result was the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty.President Reagan went to Moscow to meet again with Gorbachev in 1988. Reagan and Gorbachev finalized the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) after the U.S. Senate’s ratification of the treaty in May 1988. Reagan and Gorbachev continued to discuss bilateral issues like Central America, Southern Africa, the Middle East and the pending withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Reagan and Gorbachev continued their discussions on human rights. They signed seven agreements on lesser issues such as student exchanges and fishing rights. A significant result was the updating of Soviet history books, which necessitated cancelling some history classes in Soviet secondary schools.The museum has a section dedicated to the Cold War. This is a depiction of Checkpoint Charlie, the opening in the Berlin Wall that separated the Soviet East Berlin from West Berlin.East German General’s uniform, Stasi (Secret Police) briefcase with decoder.Soviet postersSection of the Berlin Wall.Display of all the countries President Reagan visited while in office.Year by year display of the mileage logged by Reagan’s Air Force One.Air Force One Boeing 707.Air Force One cockpitCommunications center on Air Force OneGalleyPresident Reagan’s deskReagan famously loved jelly beansCabinet roomMedia and guest seatingEntering Air Force OneRear side doorHistory of Air Force One aircraftMarine One helicopterMarine One cockpitInside Marine OnePolice vehicle escortsPresidential LimousineThe view of Simi Valley from the Reagan Library.Portrait of President Reagan made entirely of 10,000 jelly beans! Dimensions are 4 ft by 4 ft.First Lady Nancy Reagan sculpture.“Along the Trail”, President Ronald Reagan on his horse El Alamein.Auschwitz display. German-made Model 2 freight wagon. During the war, these cars were used to transport Jews to concentration camps all over Europe.President Ronald Reagan died June 5, 2004 at age 93. His casket lay in state in the US Capitol rotunda for two days. MJ and I stood in line for six hours before our turn to walk past his casket to pay our respects. The crowd was huge! First Lade Nancy Reagan at graveside.The flag that covered Reagan’s casket, the funeral guestbook, the bugle that played “Taps” at his funeral.The graves of President Ronald and First Lady Nancy Reagan.
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s boyhood home in Johnson City. Due to covid (Still!) the house is not open for public tours.One side of the house.The back side of the house.I could see one bedroom through a window.Also the kitchen.LBJ was a member of this First Christian Church in Johnson City.The Junction School. LBJ first attended this school as four-year-old! This was his first formal education. The school held seven grades in one room!This is a replica of LBJ’s birthplace, on the site of the actual house.Barn behind the birth house.Graves of First Lady Claudia Taylor Johnson and President Lyndon Baines Johnson.This is a view of the Johnson Ranch.Hereford cattle on the Johnson Ranch.To this day, the Johnson Ranch does not buy any cattle. These are purebred “Johnson Ranch” Hereford cattle. LBJ’s private runway on the ranch.Air Force “One Half”. When LBJ was president, Air Force One was too big to land on his ranch, so it would land in Austin or San Antonio, then he would take this smaller jet to his ranch. This is a Lockheed JetStar VC-140.LBJ was well known for giving toys and gifts to children of his staff and guests. Most of the gifts he gave had the presidential seal and LBJ’s signature on them. I still have that Geronimo figure in its original box (without the LBJ seal and signature)!LBJ gave his daughter Luci this 1965 Corvette on June 18, 1965, two weeks before her 18th birthday.This is the home on the LBJ Ranch. While LBJ was president, this was called the “Texas White House”. It is currently closed as structural repairs are being done.These are purebred Longhorn cattle. These are located in the LBJ State Par, which is not part of the LBJ Ranch.
