Presidents and the Potomac
For the politicians, civil servants, and accompanying citizenry of the new federal government—freshly arrived in 1800 from comfortable, sophisticated Philadelphia—the...
Cherry Blossom Gallery - Photo 1
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Cherry Blossom Gallery - Photo 1
In October 1934, a young Lyndon Baines Johnson, working as an aide to Texas Congressman Richard M. Kleberg in Washington, D.C., sent this postcard of the Lincoln Memorial surrounded by cherry blossoms to his soon to be wife Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor in Karnack, Texas.
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