AUSTIN, Texas — The LBJ Presidential Library is celebrating its namesake’s birthday on Tuesday.

  • LBJ would have turned 111 on Tuesday
  • Event includes blood drive
  • Free birthday cake

Lyndon B. Johnson was born on August 27, 1908. He would have turned 111 years old on Tuesday.

To celebrate, the LBJ Library will have free admission, free birthday cake and refreshments Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

The library is also hosting a mobile blood drive with We Are Blood from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Appointments are not required, but people are urged to sign up in advance to expedite the process.

There will also be free cupcakes at the University of Texas’s West Mall starting at 10 a.m., while supplies last.