National Park Service to Hold Private Wreath Laying Ceremony for President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 113th Birthday

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National Park Service to Hold Private Wreath Laying Ceremony for President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 113th Birthday

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Aug. 23, 2021. It is reproduced in full below.

JOHNSON CITY, Texas - Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park’s annual Wreath Laying Ceremony marking the birthday of President Johnson will be conducted as a small private ceremony, open by invitation.

The program will be recorded and made available the week after the event. The recording will be shared on Facebook by the LBJ Presidential Library (@LBJPresLib) and the park (@LBJohnsonNPS). Press inquiries for photographs and video of the event may contact the park at LYJO_information@nps.gov.

To allow for staffing of the event, the Johnson City Visitor Center will open at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. The Hangar Visitor Center at the LBJ Ranch District will keep normal operating hours, 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The health and wellbeing of visitors and employees at national parks is our top priority. America’s public lands belong to the American people, and throughout this pandemic the National Park Service (NPS) and Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park have followed guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities to adapt to changing conditions. www.nps.gov

About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America’s 423 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create closeto-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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