Lyndon Johnson: “This is, first of all, a very tangible and valuable realization of the promise and potential of man's exploration of…”

We are grateful for the impressive gesture of good will and partnership that you have extended to us.

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…

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.

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