LBJ visits Ann Arbor

In the spring of 1964, President Lyndon Johnson gave the commencement address at University of Michigan graduation ceremonies at Michigan Stadium. It was to become known as his Great Society speech. Here is a ticket used to gain admission to the event. Ann Arbor public school students were excused from morning classes that day so that they could attend the commencement. It was a very warm day late in May and one of my classmates suffered heat stroke at the stadium. Fortunately his father was a pediatrician and he was back in class before the end of the day. The President arrived and departed the area via helicopter. As we were heading back to our car afterwards, the chopper flew low over the intersection of Main & Stadium and LBJ waved to us before heading off to the airport.