Topic: Driscoll Hotel

Madeline Duncan Brown recalls her frequent meetings with Lyndon B. Johnson at the Driscoll Hotel in Austin, as well as locations in San Antonio and Houston. A recent visit to the Driscoll Hotel revealed significant renovations that altered the original 1948 atmosphere. Only the marble steps to the ballroom remained familiar from the era when the relationship began.

Madeline Duncan Brown details discovering her pregnancy and the emotional process of informing her religious parents. After her father consulted a priest, Brown met Lyndon B. Johnson at the Driscoll Hotel to deliver the news. The encounter was volatile, involving Johnson breaking a lamp in anger before acknowledging his responsibility for the situation.