Today in 1966, #LBJ and #LadyBird arrive in Australia as part of their 17-day far east trip. In his speech at the airport, President Johnson recalls his first visit to the country during World War II: Now, tonight, I feel that I have returned to my second home. When I first came here a quarter of a century ago, I thought that I had not left home at all, so much did your plains, your hills, and your bush country, your cattlemen, your cattle, and your sheep remind me of my native land of Texas. I soon learned that the real similarities between us are far deeper and far more meaningful than those landscapes and livestock. The real equation was human. Here in Australia was the same openness, the same virility, the same self-confidence, the same generosity of spirit that I had treasured in my own country. Watch Lady Birds home movie from their Australia stop: youtu.be/6RgPyu4asQI
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:00:01 +0000