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Let Us Continue is a speech that 36th President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson delivered to a joint session of Congress on November 27, 1963, five days after the assassination of his predecessor John F. Kennedy. The almost 25-minute speech is considered one of the most important in his political career.
It was Kennedy's first State of the Union Address, which was delivered only 18 days after outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his final State of the Union Address in writing. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker Sam Rayburn, accompanied by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.
It was Kennedy's second State of the Union Address. Presiding over this joint session was newly elected House speaker John W. McCormack, accompanied by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his capacity as the president of the Senate. Kennedy began his speech with a tribute to former House Speaker Sam Rayburn who had recently died in office:
That was Lyndon B. Johnson, Kennedy's vice president who was sworn in as president hours after Kennedy was assassinated. Most Pike County voters had chosen Republican Richard Nixon over Kennedy in ...
The Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston was renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1973, [370] and the United States Department of Education headquarters was named after Johnson in 2007. [371] The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin was named in his honor, as is the Lyndon B. Johnson National ...
The film "The Fog of War" contains a tape recording of Lyndon Johnson stating that Kennedy was planning to withdraw, a position with which Johnson disagreed. [161] Kennedy had signed National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) 263, dated October 11, which ordered the withdrawal of 1,000 military personnel by the end of the year, and the bulk of ...
A March 1999 photo of Trump and JFK Jr. reemerged Sunday that shows the two men taking in NBA action together as the Knicks narrowly topped the Indiana Pacers 94-93 in front of more than 19,000 fans.
It was Johnson's first State of the Union Address and his second speech to a joint session of the United States Congress after the assassination of his predecessor John F. Kennedy in November 1963. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker John W. McCormack , accompanied by President pro tempore Carl Hayden , in his capacity as the ...