ALL THE WAY WITH LBJ 50 YEARS LATER
Actor Brian Cranston as Lyndon Johnson. (Photo: American Repertory Theatre).
The renaissance of the Lyndon Johnson Presidency continues with a pop cultural nod to the way the 36th Chief Executive got things done.
Brian Cranston of “Breaking Bad” fame won Best Performance by an actor in a play for “All The Way”, the story of the first year of the Johnson era.
During the 1964 campaign, Johnson had a theme song All the Way with LBJ. I have that 45 RPM around some place and will effort to get the sound.
But in the meantime it’s very gratifying to see Broadway acknowledge a great performance from an underrated President who was in choppy waters during his term. Here's a clip from "This Week" on ABC TV before the play opened.
DAN FLOOD GONE AT TWENTY
Prayer card from Dan Flood wake at the Luzerne County Courthouse. Flood's body laid in state under the rotunda of the Courthouse. (Photo: LuLac archives.)
We missed this a few days ago but were reminded of this when looking through the LuLac archives. It has been twenty years since former Congressman Dan Flood passed away in 1994. Even though he left office under a cloud, there are still those who celebrate the type of Congressman and leader he was here in the old 11th Congressional District. 