January 4, 1965 –
During his State of the Union address, President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined his plans for the “Great Society” on this date. President Johnson had introduced his vision of a Great Society in a May 22, 1964 speech: “The great society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time.”
It outlined many social reform programs, including Medicare/Medicaid, the Civil Rights Act, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Haus of Dcaligari 