Mark Updegrove

President Lyndon Johnson’s Legacy Ahead of Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural

As we think about the formality of the upcoming inauguration on Monday we remember a time in American history, back in the 1960s, when a momentous transfer of power occurred without any forethought, without ritual, and without inauguration at all. The whimsical bubble gum 60s were interrupted in 1963 by a bullet. Young president John […]