Video: 'Aug. 27, 1964 | LBJ Nomination Acceptance Speech'
(Thursday, August 27, 1964, 10:36 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, celebrating his 55th birthday, accepted the nomination tonight for a full term office by delegates at the 1964 Democratic National Convention at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey with a pledge of “answers, not retreats” — “unity, not division” — “hope, not fear or smear.” Continue reading U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson accepts Democratic nomination for full term 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 27 1964)