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• n  the act of making something more beautiful

• But it's beautification she will be remembered for the most.
• Lady Bird never liked the term "beautification.
• Of all the Great Society programs, beautification is the one closest to her heart, and future generations are likely to remember her for her campaign to beautify America, much .

News & Articles

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• Beautification
  News Photo by Jordan Travis Jessica Dort, left, CJ Kinsel, John Nye, center right and Rick Grulke, right, work to clean up a flower bed for the Alpena Department of Public Works Wednesday. It’s part of an overall project to improve Alpena’s appearance through beautification, Grulke said.
  June 13, 2013 - The Alpena News
• New Milford Beautification Committee continues blooming
  Membership of the New Milford Beautification Committee continues to grow a year after the group’s launch, with recent appointments of two more volunteers.
  June 13, 2013 - The Record
• $864K beautification project under way in Fairview Heights
  A new $864,000 beautification project is getting under way where major roadways lead into Fairview H
  June 12, 2013 - Belleville News-Democrat

Quotes

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• Betty Ford in International Herald Tribune
  Her beautification programs benefited the entire nation. She translated her love for the land and the environment into a lifetime of achievement,Betty Ford said.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Forbes
  Every American owes her a debt of gratitude because it was her devotion to the environment that brought us the Beautification Act of 1965 and the scenic roadside development and environmental clean-up efforts that followed ...... ,former...
• Lady Bird Johnson in WFAA (subscription)
  Getting on the subject of beautification is like picking up a tangled skein of wool,Mrs. Johnson wrote in her memoir, A White House Diary. "All the threads are interwoven - recreation, pollution and mental health, and the crime rate, and...