Lyndon Johnson: “The judgments we make here today will serve us well tomorrow.”

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do proclaim that the following described land reserved by the Act of September 1, 1959, be designated as the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Park area of…

We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.

Thank you all for your welcome and for the wonderful work that you carry on.

Your reward--and it is coming--will be seen in the faces of children who will come down the road that you have helped to open.