"All the way with LBJ" said the campaign buttons our Sixties Democratic counterparts wore. More than 40 years after LBJ stepped down as president of the United States, Texas couldn't agree more. With the 100th anniversary of Johnson's birth, Central Texas pulled out all the stops: basking in the national congressional resolution marking the day; remembrances at his alma mater, the Texas State Teachers College (now Texas State University); a special exhibit at the LBJ Museum of San Marcos; commemorations at the ranch in Stonewall, just west of Johnson City, of course; a 70-minute oration in Dallas focusing on a single day of his presidency; UT's LBJ Library's 100th birthday bash with barbecue and peach ice cream, which drew well more than 1,000 attendees; the lights in the UT Tower lit up to say 100; and the presidential library's exhibit outlining LBJ's contributions to the space program. Particularly on our minds due to his beloved Lady Bird's recent passing, the man who put the Texas stamp on the U.S. presidency is near and dear deep in this heart of Texas.
