Lady Bird Johnson Marks 85th Year
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Former U.S. First Lady Lady Bird Johnson celebrated her 85th birthday with family, friends and Texas schoolchildren at a national wildflower center in Austin to be renamed in her honor. Johnson, the widow of President Lyndon B. Johnson, founded the National Wildflower Research Center 15 years ago. It has gained a worldwide reputation for efforts to preserve and restore native plants. Johnson lives in Austin and on the family’s nearby Hill Country ranch, where her late husband is buried.
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