Editing Lyndon B. Johnson (section)

===Memorials===
{{see also|List of memorials to Lyndon B. Johnson}}
The Manned Spacecraft Center in [[Houston]] was renamed the [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]] in 1973,<ref>{{cite news |last=McElheny |first=Victor K. |title=Houston Space Center Is Rededicated to Johnson: New Stamp Issued |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 28, 1973 |page=24 |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50811FC345F107A93CAAB1783D85F478785F9 }}</ref> and the [[United States Department of Education]] headquarters was named after Johnson in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070323-6.html |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |title=President Bush Signs H.R. 584, Designates U.S. Department of Education as the Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |access-date=October 6, 2008}}</ref> The [[Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs]] at the University of Texas at Austin was named in his honor, as is the [[Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland]]. Also named for him are schools in Austin and [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], Texas; [[Melbourne, Florida]]; and [[Jackson, Kentucky]]. [[Interstate 635 (Texas)|Interstate 635]] in [[Dallas]] is named the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway. The [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac]] was dedicated in 1976.

Johnson was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] posthumously in 1980.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wolley |first1=John T. |first2=Gerhard |last2=Peters |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=45389 |title=Jimmy Carter, XXXIX President of the United States: 1977–1981, Presidential Medal of Freedom Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony, June 9, 1980 |date=June 9, 1980 |work=The American Presidency Project |publisher=www.presidency.ucsb.edu |access-date=February 11, 2011 |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720075032/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=45389 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Texas created a state holiday on August 27 to mark Johnson's birthday, known as [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Day]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Birthday of Johnson Now Texas Holiday |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 30, 1973 |page=45 |author=United Press International |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40716F738551A7493C2AA178ED85F478785F9}}</ref>