Championed by Lady Bird Johnson who worked with private organizations to clean up the nations capital. Up next, showcase for the nation the story of mrs. Johnsons beautification program. It details the first ladys effort to plant trees and flowers and improve parks and playgrounds in the District Of Columbia with the hope other cities would follow. Ms. Johnson beautification, to my mind, is far more than a matter of cosmetics. To me, it describes the effort to bring the Natural World and manmade world into harmony, to bring youthfulness to life to our whole environment. Narrator after the president ial elections in 1964, mrs. Lyndon johnson felt it would be most effective is the nations first lady to concentrate her efforts in a few major areas of concern. During a meeting at the lbj ranch, mrs. Johnson was urged by the secretary of the interior to share her lifelong interest in beautification. Putting this into practice would require organization and hard work. Mrs. Johnson wanted to
District of columbia, with the hope that other cities would follow the example. Ms. Johnson beautification, to my mind, is far more than a matter of cosmetics. To me, it describes the effort to bring the Natural World and manmade world into harmony, to bring youthfulness to life to our whole environment. Narrator after the president ial elections in 1964, mrs. Lyndon johnson felt it would be most effective is the nations first lady to concentrate her efforts in a few major areas of concern. During a meeting at the lbj ranch, mrs. Johnson was urged by the secretary of the interior to share her lifelong interest in beautification. Putting this into practice would require organization and hard work. Mrs. Johnson wanted to make her adopted hometown an example for others to follow. Washington, d. C. , would be a showcase for the nation. And so, the community for a more beautiful capital was born. Mrs. Johnson assembled her committee for the first time on february 11, 1965, at the white hous
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