I'm old enough to remember watching #LBJ on live TV (March 1968) announce that wouldn't seek a second term.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/07/11/lyndon-johnson-presidential-race-exit/
I was also lucky enough to attend the Democratic National Convention that summer, "among the most tense and confrontational political conventions ever in American history."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention
My step-father was a delegate and got me in with a guest pass.
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