Letter from Gregory Peck to President Lyndon B. Johnson
10/27/1965
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On October 27, 1965, actor Gregory Peck wrote to President Lyndon Johnson expressing his thanks for being invited to dinner and his appreciation for what Johnson’s administration had accomplished. A month earlier, Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, which Peck supported. Peck, best known for his Academy Award–winning role playing attorney Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his “lifetime humanitarian achievements.”
This primary source comes from the Collection LBJ-WHCF: White House Central Files (Johnson Administration).
National Archives Identifier: 7851384
Full Citation: Letter from Gregory Peck to President Lyndon B. Johnson; 10/27/1965; Collection LBJ-WHCF: White House Central Files (Johnson Administration). [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-from-gregory-peck-to-president-lyndon-b-johnson, March 27, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
