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[Civil Rights protestors]
>> RARELY ARE WE MET WITH A
CHALLENGE TO THE VALUES AND THE
MEANINGS OF OUR BELOVED NATION.
THE ISSUE OF EQUAL RIGHTS
FOR AMERICAN NEGROS
IS SUCH AN ISSUE.
[applause]
>> PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES
JOHNSON IS PERHAPS BEST
REMEMBERED FOR PASSING
LEGISLATION TO UPHOLD CIVIL
RIGHTS, IMPROVE EDUCATION,
AND HELP THE POOR.
HE WAS A MAN OF THE PEOPLE,
AND HIS LEGACY IS CELEBRATED
HERE AT THE LBJ STATE
AND NATIONAL PARKS.
[rooster crowing]
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT PRESIDENT JOHNSON WANTED
THE PUBLIC TO SEE HERE WAS HOW
LIFE WAS LIKE WHEN HE GREW UP.
AND WHAT MADE HIM DO MANY OF THE
LEGISLATIVE ACTS THAT HE DID.
[music]
>> THE VISITORS CENTER
CHRONICLES HIS LIFE
FROM BOYHOOD...
TO HIGH SCHOOL...
THAT'S HIM CIRCLED
ON THE RIGHT...
THROUGH HIS AND LADYBIRD'S
TIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE...
AND FINALLY HIS RETIREMENT
HERE IN STONEWALL.
A SELF-GUIDED TOUR TAKES PARK
VISITORS TO THE ACTUAL PLACES
THAT HIGHLIGHTED LBJ'S LIFE,
HIS CHILDHOOD HOME,
HIS FIRST SCHOOL,
AND WHAT HE CALLED HIS WESTERN
WHITE HOUSE, THE PLACE WHERE
PRESIDENT AND MRS. JOHNSON
SPENT THEIR FINAL YEARS.
>> THE PARK IS SO UNIQUE.
IT HAS SO MANY THINGS ABOUT IT.
IT'S AN HISTORICAL PARK CAUSE
IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL PARK.
BUT ALONG WITH THAT, IT COMES
WITH SOME REALLY NEAT THINGS
THAT TOUCH BASE WITH NATURE.
THE NATURE TRAIL,
AND THE DEER AND THE BUFFALO.
AND IN THE SPRING, THE FIELDS
ARE BEAUTIFUL WITH WILDFLOWERS.
IF YOU LIKE TO GO SWIMMING,
WE HAVE A SWIMMING POOL.
WE HAVE TENNIS COURTS.
EVEN A BASEBALL FIELD.
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR INTEREST IS,
YOU CAN REALLY ENJOY THE PARK
AND HAVE A WHOLE DAY OF
ACTIVITIES.
>> HERE, CHICK, CHICK,
CHICK, CHICK!
>> AND THEN THERE'S A UNIQUE
PLACE... CALLED THE
SAUER/BECKMANN LIVING
HISTORY FARM.
>> THIS IS A TRUE WORKING FARM.
IT WAS ALL VERY BASIC.
NO RUNNING WATER,
NO ELECTRICITY.
IT DEPICTS LIFE AS
A WORKING FARM IN 1915.
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE IDEAS OF
LBJ TO ACTUALLY HAVE THIS
HAPPEN, THE CONCEPT OF PEOPLE
REALIZING WHAT LIFE WAS
LIKE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
AND RUNNING WATER.
AND HE SAID, PEOPLE AREN'T
GOING TO KNOW THAT IF WE
DON'T SOMEHOW PRESERVE THAT.
>> WELCOME TO OUR PARLOR.
COME ON IN.
>> THE TEARS THAT COME IN
PEOPLE'S EYES WHEN THEY COME
AND VISIT...
>> SO WHERE WAS GRANNY
LIVING AT?
>> IN OKLAHOMA.
>> ...POINTING WITH PRIDE
TO A YOUNG GRANDCHILD,
THIS IS THE WAY WE DID IT.
OR, THIS IS JUST LIKE
MOMMA DID IT.
>> CONSERVATION, HERITAGE,
HISTORY, THIS PARK LIVES
AND BREATHS THAT EVERY DAY.