Drive Twarted?
Published by mr.president November 28th, 2007 in AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, PLACES & THINGS NAMED REAGAN, PRESIDENTIAL GRAVE, PRESIDENTIAL HOMES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACE, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, RONALD REAGAN, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, LYNDON JOHNSON, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, POLITICAL HUMORThe National Park Service faces a dilemma.
LBJ Ranch visitors have always had to park and load unto buses, which would take them to the big house. Visitors are declining, and his ranch office opens for the birth centenary in August. The Austin American-Statesman reports that the Park Service and the Johnson family want to let visitors drive onto the ranch to boost numbers. But former Ranch staffers, led by a former NPS Chief Historian say cars will compromise the park’s historic integrity.
