Today we visited the Lyndon Johnson Library and Museum on the campus of the University of Texas. This is the first presidential library we've been to that doesn't charge admission. Apparently LBJ was interested in maximizing the educational value of the library, so he specifically requested that there be no charge.
We're staying just across the river from downtown Austin, in Pecan Grove RV Park. Lee loves the trees!
As at JFK's library, Ken noticed that the LBJ library showed the president wrestling with the same issues of individual freedom and rights that are still an issue today. There seems to be a need for constant work to support some fundamental principles. Ken bought LBJ's memoirs of his white house years in the gift shop (on sale for $5). He's hoping it will help him understand how some of these issues looked to LBJ.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Lyndon Johnson Library
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