Lady Bird Johnson, born Claudia Alta Taylor, is one of our most highly regarded first ladies in all of American history. She’s known for her unique nickname, which was given to her as a child by a ...

Mention Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson to almost anyone except a presidential historian and you will likely be met with a blank stare. But use her lifelong nickname, “Lady Bird,” and it evokes ...

There are hundreds of holly species and hybrids hailing from China, Japan, South America, Europe and North Africa, and more ...

First Lady Lady Bird Johnson (1912 - 2007) and President Lyndon Johnson (1908 - 1973) in the audience at a Music for Young America concert on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., May ...

THIS WEEK IN 1967, FIRST LADY, LADY BIRD JOHNSON LOOKED TOWARD THE FUTURE AT EXPO 67, AN INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AND WORLD’S FAIR IN MONTREAL, CANADA. LADY BIRD, WHO KEPT A DETAILED DIARY OF HER TIME ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - In 1965, First Lady Claudia Johnson, better known as Lady Bird Johnson, sponsored the Highway Beautification Act. Among the many things the bill did for the environment, it set ...

"Over a span of eighteen years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded forty-seven oral history interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues. These conversations, just released in 2011, form the heart of ...

She came into the world in 1912 as Claudia Alta Taylor. But by the time she was 2, her nursemaid had declared that she was “pretty as a lady bird.” And with that, her name was decided. Her fate, ...

It was known as the Lady Bird Special, and 60 years ago this month the train carrying First Lady “Lady Bird” Johnson made its way to New Orleans, the final stop in her four-day campaign tour through ...

THIS WEEK IN 2007, FORMER FIRST LADY CLAUDIA “LADY BIRD” JOHNSON PASSED AWAY AT 94 YEARS OLD. BORN AS CLAUDIA ALTA TAYLOR IN KARNACK, TEXAS, SHE WAS JUST A TODDLER WHEN A FAMILY NURSEMAID DESCRIBED ...