LBJ: The Early Years An offer of the Vice Presidency by John Kennedy is at first rejected by Johnson because of the advice of Sam Rayburn. The next day, Rayburn tells Johnson that he changed his mind, and LBJ accepts the offer, despite Robert Kennedy's attempt at squashing the idea. After JFK is elected in 1960, Johnson soon regrets his decision, and he is made to fill the most benign of roles while the President and his brother shut him out of meetings. This position changes drastically when John Kennedy is shot in Dallas in 1963, and Lyndon Johnson becomes the new President of
Former Cottage Hospital, Monmouth Former Cottage Hospital, Monmouth Former Cottage Hospital, Monmouth is a defunct hospital and dispensary building in Monmouth Wales. Between 1903 and 2006 was Monmouth's cottage hospital and the first hospital in Monmouth to be purpose built. At the time of opening it was more commonly referred to as the New Cottage Hospital. The building was built on the former site of Monmouth County Gaol on the Hereford Road. The Memorial Stone was laid on 27 September 1902 by Lord Llangattock, president of the hospital. The ground was bought from the Duke of Beaufort for £250. It was designed by Richard