Lyndon Johnson: “We want to make our Capital City a showcase for the entire Nation.”

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

They--and you--are a credit to your generation.

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…

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