Here. I have really been looking forward to this talk tonight because Rufus Youngblood, ive known the name, ive known who he is for a very long time. And im just delighted that we can have his family here. Weve got members of Rufus Youngbloods family here. We appreciate that. We also have tom johnson who was an aide to Lyndon Johnson who is the man that Rufus Youngblood protected and we are really glad you are here as well, tom. He knew Rufus Youngblood very well. Rufus was a secret service agent. Hes known for his actions on november 22, 1963, when shots rang out in dallas, texas, and he leaped over the seat and protected Lyndon Johnson. And continued to protect him. Johnson was one of five president s that Rufus Johnson helped protect. After graduating from georgia tech here in atlanta with a degree in Industrial Engineering, he joined the secret service back in 1951, and he protected president s truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, and nixon, during his 20 year tenure with the secr
And im just delighted that we can have his family here. Weve got members of Rufus Youngbloods family here. We appreciate that. We also have tom johnson who was an aide to Lyndon Johnson who is the man that Rufus Youngblood protected and we are really glad you are here as well, tom. He knew Rufus Youngblood very well. Rufus was a secret service agent. Hes known for his actions on november 22, 1963, when shots rang out in dallas, texas, and he leaped over the seat and protected Lyndon Johnson. And continued to protect him. Johnson was one of five president s that Rufus Johnson helped protect. After graduating from georgia tech here in atlanta with a degree in Industrial Engineering, he joined the secret service back in 1951, and he protected president s truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, and nixon, during his 20 year tenure with the secret service. He retired in 1971 as the agencys Deputy Director. At that time, he wrote his memoir, 20 years with the secret service. It didnt get the a
[laughter] because she is here, we will be honest. But we wont shock anybody. One thing i alluded to, people did think that our mom was this cookiecutter mother. Those who know her and 20 people in austan do, she is a great mother. It goes to the whole thing where it is much easier to see people as onedimensional. She is a very strong lady who just happens to not shout. That is why people saw her as more conservative than she was or is. One thing about both of my parents that i feel like is a great trait to have is that they wanted us to become our own people. They are both very open and i dont know if people would get that from their public stereotype. She is a secret rust safari and rastafarian. I hope i didnt still that from you. I was going to stay that say that also. Our mother loves music and she loves bob marley. When we lived in austin and my dad was governor i heard a rumor in high school that there was a concert and my mom and i snuck out to see if they were coming. Mom loves
Where for many years she raised thouroghbred horses and where she and her husband remain active in civic causes. You heard something of luci baines johnson, of her sensitivity and her sense of history. Unlike peggy, luci was a young woman when she entered the white house in november, 1963. She wanted nothing more than to be a normal teenager. Life in the white house is many things but normal it is not. Lucis mother said as much when she gave her daughter the following advice, dont ever do anything you do not want printed on the front page of the paper. This would strike terror in the hearts of most teenage girls but luci rose to the occasion, no more impressively than at the time of her wedding. According to one newswoman nobody was invited except the immediate country. And notwithstanding, a press controversy over a nonunion bridal gown, the day went off gloriously. Soon after, luci left the white house for texas in what she has described as a normalcy that never quite materialized fo
In the 2nd piece will be wife of because i have gotten daughter of president and mrs. Johnson, wife of governor and mrs. Rob. And i think that we all your to have our own place no matter how big or small it may be in the world we want to be identified. So i tell my children, if they get to read my obituary i wanted the way i wanted. [laughter] i want the 1st line to be professional volunteer. Now, i am in being a professional volunteer because that is what my parents taught me to do. When i got a job after college and get my 1st paycheck my mother said well, now, who are you going to give it to . I thought, how. And and her belief was that you should give your 1st paycheck away. Of course being a smart girl that i am, i had trees put in johnson city in memory of my grandparents. But that was just a given. We have been very blessed. We are not financially stressed. You cant afford to give that away. In the most valuable thing i have is my time. Twentyfour hours a day. So whereas i can w