Lady Bird Johnson died yesterday. The younger generation would not know about her. I asked my daughter if she knew who she was and she stated "a first lady who did a lot of good for the country." (sounds like a sound bite to me) Most boomers (at least the older ones) will remember exactly what they were doing on the day JKF was assassinated . I was home from school that day and the program we were watching was interrupted to bring the news that the president of the United Sates John Kennedy was shot. He was the first president I can remember. I collected photos of JFK and his lovely wife Jackie and adorable children Caroline and John Jr. I still have the newpaper clippings of that day. My mom had gone shopping and I remember running up to meet her at the bus stop to ask her if she had heard the news. Of course she had, the news was everywhere. I remember as a family sitting and watching the events onfold on our little black and white TV set. I vividly remember Lady Bird Johnson standing behind her husband as he took the oath of office aboard Airforce One with a stunned Jackie Kennedy standing next to him.
I see her as the reluctant first lady. She never really wanted the role but was thrust into the limelight on that fateful day.

Two web sites I browsed today were:
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/photogal.htm Photo Gallery of the events of the days following the assassination.

The second web site is to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library with a tribute to Lady Bird Johnson
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/


It was interesting to bring a little history to life with my daughter this morning. It was one of those times in history where is you were alive you rememeber exactly what you were doing. For the new generation it is like watching the news on 9/11.