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The park was authorized on December 2, 1969, as Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Site and was redesignated as a National Historical Park on December 28, 1980. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Present holdings are approximately 1,570 acres (6.4 km 2 ), 674 acres (2.7 km 2 ) of which are federal.
The park has a large visitor center complex with an interpretive center about Johnson's life. Tours of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park are by permit only and are by self-guided driving tour departing from the state park's visitor center. The park offers recreational facilities for swimming, tennis and baseball.
Entrance to the memorial grove Footbridge across Boundary Channel connecting the Grove to the Pentagon grounds. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died on January 22, 1973. . Soon after, Johnson's admirers proposed constructing a statue in Washington, D.C., in his memory, but concern that it would be defaced led to rejection of that ide
Lyndon B. Johnson [45] January 22, 1973: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park: Stonewall: Texas: 37 Richard Nixon [46] April 22, 1994: Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum: Yorba Linda: California: 38 Gerald Ford [47] December 26, 2006: Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum: Grand Rapids: Michigan: 39 Jimmy Carter [48] December 29, 2024
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) National Grassland is a national grassland located in the Great Plains of the northern part of the U.S. state of Texas near Decatur, and within an hour's drive from Fort Worth. It is primarily used for recreation, such as hiking, camping, horseback riding, fishing, and hunting.
Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ ˈ l ɪ n d ə n ˈ b eɪ n z /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy , under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963.
Ranch Road 1 (RR 1) is a 6.587-mile (10.6 km) state road in Gillespie and Blanco counties, in the central region of Texas, United States.It begins at U.S. Route 290 (US 290) in Stonewall, running along the Pedernales River through Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, the late President Lyndon Johnson's former ranch, and through Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site, before ...
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (more commonly referred to as Lake LBJ and originally named Lake Granite Shoals) is a reservoir on the Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country about 45 miles northwest of Austin. The reservoir was formed in 1950 by the construction of Granite Shoals Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA).