On the recordMarch 28, 1968
Unless we do, much of the wild and beautiful America that we know and our grandfathers knew will be lost forever--buried in the debris of our hurrying civilization.
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presidency.ucsb.eduLyndon Johnson: “Unless we do, much of the wild and beautiful America that we know and our grandfathers knew will be lost forever--buried…”
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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Urging the Addition of New Areas to the Nation's...
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