Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and LBJ State Park and Historic Site in the Johnson City-Stonewall area are celebrating the 117th anniversary of President Johnson’s birth Aug. 27.

At 10 a.m. Wednesday, the National Park Service will host the annual wreath-laying ceremony at the president’s gravesite on LBJ Ranch on the national park grounds. The ceremony continues a tradition that Lady Bird Johnson began in 1973 for her late husband, whose grandparents settled in what is now Johnson City. Col. Erik L. Dutkiewicz will help present the wreath and provide remarks. President and Mrs. Johnson’s granddaughter Catherine Robb is the keynote speaker.

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Dutkiewicz serves as commander of 502d Security Forces Group, Joint Base San Antonio. A

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