Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park

August 27, 2008, marks the one-hundredth birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the thirty-sixth president of the United States. Johnson took the oath of office aboard Air Force One after the November 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, and served as chief executive during one of the more trying times of the republic.  This presidential portrait of Johnson was painted by artist Peter Heard in 1967; it is on view at the National Portrait Gallery , in the " America's Presidents... Read Full Story

by Eric Dondero President Lyndon Baines Johnson famously told an ongoing joke during his Senate years, that in South Texas they'd find enough votes to elect the Democrats, even if that meant going to the grave yards across south Texas to mark down names. News 2 Houston is now reporting on a finding by TexasWatchdog.org that more than 4,000 voters in Harris County are dead. The group matched obituary lists to voter rolls. But this goes beyond just late purges by the voting office. One woman... Read Full Story

By Patrick J. Buchanan It was the winter of conservative discontent. Barry Goldwater had gotten only 38 percent of the vote, and his party had suffered its worst thrashing since Alf Landon fell to FDR in 1936. Democrats held 295 House seats, Republicans 140. They held 68 Senate seats to Republicans’ 32, and 33 governors to the GOP’s 17. Democratic registration was twice that of the GOP. The liberal press was gleefully writing the obituary of “The Party That Lost Its Head.” Decades might pass... Read Full Story

Richard M. Nixon took the reins of power from Lyndon B. Johnson forty years ago. It doesn't seem that long. The 56-year-old Nixon was sworn into office by Chief Justice Earl Warren at ceremonies on the east plaza of the Capitol, on January 20, 1969. Following his move into the White House, Nixon brought in what amounted to a wrecking crew to dismantle and remove virtually everything that was a reflection of the LBJ years, right down to repainting the walls and ripping up the carpet in the... Read Full Story

There's something about a beagle's ears that makes even the most tactile-shy person want to touch them. So floppy, so big, so soft. When Fairfax eats dinner, they fall into his bowl; when he drinks, they come up dripping. People stop me on the street and say, "look at those ears." I assume they don't mean mine. Not sure what prompted me to type "beagle ear tugs" into Google... Not sure what prompted me to type "beagle ear tugs" into Google other than the fact that I fried my brain playing 47... Read Full Story

There's something about a beagle's ears that makes even the most tactile-shy person want to touch them.  So floppy, so big, so soft.  When Fairfax eats dinner, they fall into his bowl; when he drinks, they come up dripping.  People stop me on the street and say, "look at those ears."  I assume they don't mean mine. Not sure what prompted me to type "beagle ear tugs" into Google other than the fact that I fried my brain playing 47 hours of online Boggle (thanks to Cafe Two Door and her evil... Read Full Story

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 - January 22, 1973) served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963. Johnson, a Democrat, succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, completed Kennedy's term and was elected President in his own right, winning by a large margin in the 1964 Presidential election. Johnson was responsible for designing the "Great... Read Full Story

Born December 22, 1912 Died on July 11, 2007. Wife of the 36th President of the United States Lyndon B Johnson. Lady Bird did many wonderful things on the More Beautiful Capital Committee and Highway Beautification Act. With adding beauty to roadsides with plants, flowers and trees to beautify America. She loved wild flowers so much that she founded the National Wildflower Research Center in 1982. A quote from her “Where Flowers Bloom so Does Hope”. I did not know much about her really until... Read Full Story

Lady Bird Johnson passed away last Wednesday and was buried in Texas today next to former President Lyndon Johnson. The legacy she leaves behind is more than most women can ever hope to accomplish. The woman born Claudia Alta Taylor in 1912 eventually became a successful business woman, genteel First Lady, and an environmentalist way before green was cool. That doesn't even mention her ability to tolerate Lyndon and somehow help to manage his chaotic political career. Many of his personal... Read Full Story

LBJ Memorial Grove Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac is located on Columbia Island in Washington, D.C. The memorial honors the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson. The grove consists of two parts. The first area, commemorative in nature, is a Texas granite monolith surrounded by a serpentine pattern of walks and trails. The second area is a grass meadow and provides a tranquil refuge for reflection and rejuvenation of the spirit. The trails are shaded by... Read Full Story