Nov. 27, 1963: Johnson invokes JFK in speech to Congress
In President Johnson's address to a joint session of Congress five days after JFK's assassination, he declared, "let us continue," an echo of Kennedy's inaugural injunction, "let us begin anew."
With those words Johnson began what would become a masterful use of Kennedy's memory and his own considerable legislative skills in passing such seemingly intrac…
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