Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial - Killeen, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 31° 07.170 W 097° 48.539
14R E 613562 N 3443455
Standing portrait of Lyndon Baines Johnson. He is wearing a suit and tie. He is holding a book in his left hand. Six flagpoles stand in a semi circle at the back of the Memorial. In front of the statue is a wall with an eagle at each end.
Waymark Code: WMW8FP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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In the center of the wall on the slightly sloping top surface, is a raised Presidential Seal in bas-relief.

Inscription on plaque at base of statue:

DEAR LYNDON/YOU GAVE ALL YOUR LOVE AND ATTENTION/TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO NEEDED/ENCOURAGEMENT, HOPE AND HELP./FOR THIS GOD WILL BLESS YOU AND HISTORY/WILL GRACE YOUR MEMORY WITH KIND WORDS/LYNDON, WE MISS YOU./WITH LOVE,/YOUR FRIENDS FROM CENTRAL TEXAS./JULY 1, 1976.

On left side of memorial wall:

HISTORY SHALL RECORD THAT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON/THIRTY SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES/WAS THE GOOD SHEPHERD/OF HIS PEOPLE

On right side of memorial wall:

HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HELPING THE POOR/THE NEGLECTED, THE SICK, THE UNEDUCATED,/AND ALL THOSE WHO SOUGHT EQUALITY/OPPORTUNITY AND JUSTICE.
TITLE: Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial

ARTIST(S): Albert Lake

DATE: Sept. 1977

MEDIUM: Bronze Sculpture on a Marble Base

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX001022

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Bonnie Jean Duncan Memorial Fountain Plaza between Student's Center and Library on the campus of Central Texas University


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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