LBJ calls on nation to continue peace quest and his social programs 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 14 1969)

1960s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'President Lyndon Johnson's final State of the Union Address 1969'

(Tuesday, January 14, 1969, 9:05 p.m. EST; during the Vietnam War) — U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson said farewell to the nation tonight by urging it to press “the quest for peace” in Vietnam and the Middle East and to commit itself at home to the fulfillment of his social programs in his final State of the Union Address.