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The Personal LBJ

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LBJ greets Jackie Kennedy at the funeral of President John Kennedy

December 2, 1963

“You Give Me Strength”

Group sitting around the LBJ Ranch living room

January 1, 1964

“I’m Not Lying About That One”

Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

March 7, 1964

“A Good B-Plus”

LBJ with Lady Bird filling up a plate at a BBQ

March 18, 1964

“He Just Like[s] Beans”

Jackie Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy standing next to each other

June 20, 1964

“I’m Just as Close as the Phone”

Edward Kennedy and LBJ sitting together in the Oval Office

June 30, 1964

“You Got Lots of Guts”

Lady Bird and Lyndon Johnson stand next to each other in the doorway

August 4, 1964

“Just Merely to Tell You I Loved You”

LBJ wearing cowboy boots, sitting on a fence

August 9, 1964

LBJ Orders Some New Haggar Pants

Lady Bird Express train campaigning 1964

October 7, 1964

“We’re Going to Carry the South”

President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks with various judges and their wives

April 7, 1965

“All These Harvard Men”

LBJ sipping through a straw while Lady Bird and Luci stand by his bed

December 27, 1966

“Don’t Let Them Get You Down”