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Lyndon Johnson: “We are in the midst of a major effort to beautify our highways and roadsides, to provide rest and recreation facilities…”

On the recordAugust 16, 1966
We are in the midst of a major effort to beautify our highways and roadsides, to provide rest and recreation facilities for highway travelers, and to make our roads and vehicles safer for those who travel them.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Proclamation 3735—National Highway Week, 1966

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