Richard Nixon actually said...

All executive departments, independent establishments, and other governmental agencies, including their field services, shall be closed on Thursday, January 25, 1973 as a mark of respect for Lyndon Baines Johnson, the thirty-sixth President of the United States.

Context

Executive Order 11700—Providing for the Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on Thursday, January 23, 1973

01/22/1973

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