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Image of Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Helen Keller by President Lyndon B. Johnson; 1964: Subject Person: Keller, Helen; Keller, Helen A.; Keller, Helen Adams; Johnson, Lyndon B.; Johnson, President Lyndon B.; Vice President Johnson; President Johnson: Holding Institution: American Foundation for the Blind: Contact Information
Jun 12, 2014 · What follows is a scan of a telegram sent by President Johnson to Helen Keller: Image: Western Union Telegrams from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Helen Keller, 1964. Courtesy Helen Keller Archives, American Foundation for the Blind.
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In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the highest American honor. Keller had many friends who were celebrities, including Alexander Graham Bell, Eleanor Roosevelt, Charlie Chaplin, and Martha Graham, who all appear in this collection.
Feb 12, 2015 · The Helen Keller Archives at the American Foundation for the Blind contains correspondence with 9 sitting U.S. Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson.
In 1964, President Lyndon B Johnson awarded Keller the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the United States’ two highest civilian honors. The following year she was elected to the...
May 31, 2021 · In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded Ms. Keller the Medal of Freedom, and she was the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Harvard University. Helen Keller in her garden at Arcan Ridge, Easton, Connecticut – Connecticut Historical Society, Gift of the Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation, 2011 © The Center for Creative ...
Jun 1, 2016 · In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson presented Ms. Keller with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, honoring her as a model of courage and determination.
