Last Friday, Nov. 13, a multimillion-dollar renovation of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Plaza was dedicated to the memory of Lady Bird Johnson, according to an article in the Austin American-Statesman.

Lady Bird Johnson, who was first lady during the 1960s, died two years ago at age 94.

The $53 million project renovated the LBJ School of Public Affairs and Sid Richardson Hall. Former Lt. Gov. of Texas Ben Barnes made a gift of $1 million to the school improvement project earlier this year.

Ben Barnes, who was present at the dedication along with another former lieutenant governor Bill Hobby, helped get the school built by providing initial funding. He serves on the Lyndon Baines Johnson board of directors and the school’s advisory committee.

The design of the renovations is meant to honor the former first lady. The plaza floor has been redone in granite and its planters transformed into planters with wildflowers and native trees.

One is inscribed with a quote from Lady Bird Johnson that reads: “Where flowers bloom so does hope.”

The LJB Library and Museum was originally dedicated in 1971 and run by the LBJ Foundation and is one of 13 presidential libraries operated by the National Archives and Records Administration.