(On lower proper left side of sculpture:) Albert Lake (copyright symbol) (On lower proper left side of sculpture:) Roman Bronze Works CMC NY (On plaque on front of base:) DEAR LYNDON/YOU GAVE ALL YOUR LOVE AND ATTENTION/TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO NEEDED/ENCOURAGEMENT, HOPE AND HELP./FOR THIS GOD WILL BLESS YOU AND HISTORY/WILL GRACE YOUR MEMORY WITH KIND WORDS/LYNDON, WE MISS YOU./WITH LOVE,/YOUR FRIENDS FROM CENTRAL TEXAS./JULY 1, 1976. (On left side of memorial wall:) HISTORY SHALL RECORD THAT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON/THIRTY SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES/WAS THE GOOD SHEPHERD/OF HIS PEOPLE (On right side of memorial wall:) HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HELPING THE POOR/THE NEGLECTED, THE SICK, THE UNEDUCATED,/AND ALL THOSE WHO SOUGHT EQUALITY/OPPORTUNITY AND JUSTICE. (Below presidential seal:) A. D. (Around seal:) SEAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Memorial installation consisting of a full-length bronze portrait of Lyndon Baines Johnson. He wears a suit and tie. He holds a closed book in his proper left hand; his proper right hand is extended slightly forward as if gesturing. The sculpture stands on a granite and marble pedestal base. Directly in front of the sculpture is a low red granite and white marble memorial wall. At each end of the wall is a bronze golden eagle, facing the center of the memorial with wings outspread. In the center of the wall on the slightly sloping top surface, is a raised Presidential Seal in bas-relief. Six flagpoles stand in a semi-circle at the back of the installation.
