On the Grounds of SMU.
THURSDAY 29th…….I arrived at Bush 43 in time to
walk around and take many pictures of the outer grounds before the doors opened
at 9:30. This was also a most impressive creation, again, a large lobby with
the famous Cigarette Boat off in a far corner. Perhaps it is not fair to say it
was off by itself. Actually the boat was on the same floor as the lobby but not
really part of the lobby. It took about an hour to make the tour, I did not
stop for many of the TV presentations, and most of those are old television
news clips or interviews. It was then a two hour drive to visit LBJ. His
Library is most impressive, ten floors, three of them are available to the
tourist and no windows at all are to be seen from the front of the building. Of
course the Lobby entrance has a full window front but the rest of the building
appears to be a large box. The scene is not difficult to accept, it is all well
done, in a beautiful sitting on the campus of Texas A&M. . . . . After
leaving there I turned west and began my 1402 mile trek to Yorba Linda,
California to see the Nixon Library. I spent the night in Fort Stockton, Texas
and continued the next morning.
Bush 43 Oval Office
Bush 41 Entrance
Bush 41 Oval Office
LBJ
LBJ Oval Office
These are amazing pictures. Why are there 10 floors in a library and each president has their own? I would surely think they could share repeat copies.
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