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The Importance of Acknowledging our History: The Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 by dferriero, posted in Land Acknowledgement

This post is part of our ongoing blog series that acknowledges the ancestral lands on which the National Archives’ buildings are situated across the country. This series of acknowledgements is a simple way to offer our recognition and respect to the people who once lived on these lands. The Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and … Continue reading The Importance of Acknowledging our History: The Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas

Intelligence to the First Customer

October 1, 2015March 15, 2021 by dferriero, posted in NARA Records, Open Government, Special Events

In a symposium held at the LBJ Presidential Library recently, the Central Intelligence Agency released 2,500 previously classified daily briefings created for Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy in the 1960s. The President’s Daily Brief (PDB) began as the President’s Intelligence Checklist (PICL) in June of 1961 as a way to keep the … Continue reading Intelligence to the First Customer