President Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library & Museum.Johnson was our 36th president, from 1963-1969. He became president upon the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas TX on November 22, 1963. He won his own term in a landslide in 1964.Bust of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.Pretty cool hologram of LBJ.Perhaps the most beautiful display in the museum. This is the collection of LBJ’s presidential records.Also a cool series of sculptures depicting LBJ with the different presidents he met with during his career. First was FDR.LBJ with President Harry S Truman.LBJ with President Dwight Eisenhower.LBJ with President John F. Kennedy.President Lyndon B. Johnson.1960 presidential campaign.Newspapers announce JFK’s assassination in 1963.LBJ was sworn into office as president aboard Air Force One returning to Washington DC with the slain president’s body on board. JFK’s wife Jacqueline Kennedy attended the swearing in.American pop culture in the 1960s. I still have that exact version of Battleship!Legos from the 1960s.LBJ was a very energetic president, working on quite a few programs. He greatly enlarged the federal government with many of these programs. The Vietnam War was the number one foreign policy issue of the 1960s. This was a complicated time, as for the first time, a war was shown on TVs in near live time. The war became very unpopular, especially as leftist media such as Walter Cronkite lied about our military successes. I will be happy to discuss in more detail for anyone who wants to.LBJ was stuck with bad options in Vietnam.The Six Day War was a devastating victory for Israel against Egypt, Syria and Jordan in June 1967.Thsi is a rock from the moon.After a close primary early in the 1968 campaign season, LBJ chose not to run for reelection in 1968.LBJ was a big man (about 6’3″), and he used his size to intimidate people, up close and personal. He had a long career in Congress, and with all the relationships he had built over the years he was able to get quite a few laws passed.LBJ’s Oval Office. This is about an 80% size replica.LBJ’s presidential limo.LBJ presidential china.There was a special section for First Lady “Lady Bird” Johnson.Some of the dresses Lady Bird wore as First Lady.Lady Bird Johnson’s office.This is a picture of President and First Lady Johnson bidding farewell to many of his supporters as he left office in 1969. An interesting note about this picture is that future president George H. W. Bush is also there to wish LBJ well. Bush is at about 2 o’clock in the picture, not far from the right edge. Can you see him?
The Tennessee State Capitol was completed in 1859.Statue of Andrew Jackson on the grounds of the state capitol. Tennessee was home to three presidents – Jackson (7th), James K. Polk (11th) and Andrew Johnson (17th).President James K. Polk and First Lady Sara Polk are buried on the grounds of the state capitol.Statue of President Andrew Johnson.Liberty Bell replica.Senate chamber.House chamber.Tennessee State Supreme Court chamber.Portrait of significant Tennesseans.Andrew Jackson.Andrew Jackson. He is so popular he gets two busts in the capitol!Andrew Jackson.James K. Polk.James K. Polk.Andrew Johnson.Andrew Johnson.David Crockett, Tennessee native and hero of the Alamo.Cordell Hull, the longest-serving Secretary of State in US history. He served for 11 years under President Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II.Sampson W. Keeble, first African American elected to the Tennessee state legislature.
Our 11th president, James Knox Polk, lived in his parents’ home here from 1818-1824, until he got married.Furnishings from the period, not necessarily owned by James Polk.This table was owned by the Polks.President James K. Polk, 1845.President James K. Polk, 1849. Quite a bit of aging in 4 years.He campaigned and was elected on specific issues and promises, and he delivered what he promised, much like President Donald J. Trump did.
Statue of George Washington in front of capitol stepsThe rotundaHouse of Representatives chamberSenate chamberView of the lobby from the second floorStairs to the second floorBust of Robert E. LeeThere were four South Carolinians who signed the US Constitution. They are honored with plaques inside the capitol. Pierce Butler…Charles Cotesworth Pinckney…Charles Pinckney……and John RutledgeBattle of Cowpens by William Ranney“Marion’s Camp”, General Francis MarionOne of several paintings in the capitol showing battles of the Revolutionary War. There were more battles in South Carolina during that war than any other state. The American victory at Cowpens in 1781 is considered the turning point of the war in the South and was an important step toward victory at Yorktown. “Angel of Marie’s Heights”. Sergeant Richard Kirkland of South Carolina became famous during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862 when he broke ranks to give water to Union soldiers who were gasping and screaming in agony. A sculpture in Fredericksburg marks this event.
Gerald R. Ford, our 38th President, is the only president born in Nebraska. He was born July 14, 1913. His birth name was Leslie Lynch King Jr. His father was very abusive to his mother, so she left him and moved to Michigan. When she married Gerald Ford, her son took his name.President Ford is the only president who was not elected, either as President or Vice President. He was named Vice President under President Nixon after Spiro Agnew resigned, then became President when Nixon resigned in 1974.Bust of President Ford.Bust of First Lady Betty Ford.The house in which President Ford was born no longer exists. This is a model of the house.President Ford was perhaps our most athletic president. Here is his presidential golf bag.
