Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park - News Releases (U.S. National Park Service)

The press questioning President Johnson. (Dan Rather is second from the right)

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim"
--Lyndon B. Johnson

July 08, 2008
"Movies Under the Stars on the LBJ Ranch" to Entertain Everyone with Oliver!
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park's second free movie night on the LBJ Ranch features the Oscar-winning Best Picture of 1968, Oliver!

February 04, 2008
Withers & Spauldings Building Reborn as the General Store Experience that LBJ Knew
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park announces the return of “Withers & Spauldings,” a newly-created general store exhibit area spanning several time periods from 1915-1973. Once inside, visitors can immerse themselves in the environment of a 1915-1920s-era general store that Lyndon Johnson knew as a child while also experiencing later years when LBJ came back to his home town to campaign and to visit with people he had known all his life.