Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I also invite the people of the United States to honor the memory of Leif Erikson on that day by holding appropriate exercises and ceremonie...

That new legislation is but a beginning and there is still much to be done.

I, Lyndon B. Johnson,President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Saturday, October 9, 1965, as Leif Erikson Day

Our gratitude goes to Congressman Schmidhauser for introducing this legislation and working so tirelessly for its passage, and the entire Io...