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On the recordApril 5, 1976
It is entirely fitting that in this city of bronze and marble monuments, we choose to remember Lyndon Johnson with a living memorial of pines here along the banks of the Potomac.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at Dedication Ceremonies for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac River

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