Lyndon Johnson: “Our ultimate goal is to assist Appalachia to attract and hold public and private investments--the cornerstones on which…”

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.

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

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…

Any reservations or withdrawals heretofore made which affect the lands described above are hereby revoked.