Lyndon Johnson: “Tonight, with prayerful hope for the future, we have come here to light the Nation's Christmas tree.”

I hope to some day be able to come there and see you in your own land, in your own atmosphere.

Nothing herein shall prevent the movement of livestock across the lands included in this monument under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior and upon driveways to be specifically designated by said…

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…

The mood at the White House this evening is one of cautious optimism.