Lyndon B. Johnson Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===International trips=== {{further|List of international trips made by the President of the United States#Lyndon B. Johnson}} [[File:US President Lyndon Johnson Presidential Trips.PNG|thumb|upright=1.35|Countries visited by Johnson during his presidency]] Johnson made eleven international trips to twenty countries during his presidency.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/travels/president/johnson-lyndon-b |title=Travels of President Lyndon B. Johnson |publisher=U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian}}</ref> He flew {{convert|523,000|mi|spell=in|sp=us|-1}} aboard [[Air Force One]] while in office. His October 1966 visit to Australia sparked demonstrations from anti-war protesters.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/lbj-came-all-the-way--but-few-followed-20111111-1nbrg.html |title=LBJ came all the way β but few followed|last1=Humphries |first1=David |date=November 12, 2011 |website=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> One of the most unusual international trips in presidential history occurred before Christmas 1967. The President began the trip by going to the memorial for Australian Prime Minister [[Harold Holt]], who was presumed drowned in [[Disappearance of Harold Holt|a swimming accident]]. The White House did not reveal in advance to the press that the President would make the first round-the-world presidential trip. The trip was {{convert|26,959|mi|spell=in|sp=us|1}} completed in only 112.5 hours (4.7 days). Air Force One crossed the equator twice, stopped at [[Travis Air Force Base]], in [[Honolulu]], [[Pago Pago]], [[Canberra]], [[Melbourne]], [[Vietnam]], [[Karachi]], and [[Rome]].{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page