Opening Ceremonies
Held just two days after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, the opening ceremonies for the fair were attended (under heavy security) by U.S. First Lady Lady Bird Johnson and Texas Governor John Connally, both of whom received death threats.
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Famous quotes containing the words opening and/or ceremonies:
“The rangey bough anticipated fruit
With snowballs cupped in every opening bud.
The road alone maintained itself in mud....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“In ceremonies of the horsemen,
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.”
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