W.F. Strong highlighted a night celebrating the 15th anniversary of the LBJ Museum of San Marcos.
Strong — a Fulbright scholar, professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, author of two books on Texas, and Texas history and culture commentator for the Texas Standard Radio Network — served as the featured speaker at Saturday night’s gala at the Holiday Inn San Marcos-Convention Center, sharing stories about President Lyndon B. Johnson.
“I thought I’d share with you some of the stories [Johnson] told, given that you’ve had a long interest in him, you may know them already but pretend that you don’t,” Strong said. “One of the stories that he loved. He always loved stories that naturally attacked government or explained government and he liked this story.