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could be reaching a breaking point. and former maryland lieutenant governor kathleen kennedy townsend and author michael: will be with us to discuss the evolution of liberal politics in 1968.b e sure to watch washington journal, live at 7:00 sunday morning. join the discussion. one of the oldest homes in normal -- norman is the moore-lindsay house museum. join us inside as we learn about the family who lived here and their role in the development of norman. stephanie: this house is named after moore and lindsay. mr. moore was a wealthy man. he had a lot of money and the majority of that came from real estate investments and things like that. he was the one that designed this house. this house is a queen and
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victorian-style home, so typical features of that style include a big front porch and back porch. we have multicolor facades, lots of carpenter's lace, and nice little details around the house. william s. moore moved with the lindsay family to norman in 1895, so a few years after the land run, which was basically a race to claim your own little plot of land. april 22, 1889, the day of the land run, there were people living in this area. the population went from 0 to either 200,000-500,000 overnight. it took time to set up the city laws and government, so officially the city was incorporated in 1891. norman, henamesake,
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was an early land surveyor. the story goes that his team was called norman's camp. they carved the phrase "norman's camp" into a tree in bishops creek, and that is how the area became known as norman. this house is located in what is called old silk stocking road, which is a reference to the wealthy residents of this early neighborhood, meaning they could afford to wear silk stockings. costvictorian-style home $5,000 to build at the time, 1899, and in the average norman home cost around $400-$500, so this was a big showplace of for the community. here are articles in the first newspapers, that people were happy about the beautiful home in their community. people would take their sunday
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walks by the house to see mrs. lindsay's rose garden, or to see her beautiful to route room. so this is a big showplace, even though it is maybe not as bigger grant at some of the other east coast homes at the time. for this area and for this time period, this was a beautiful home. so this is a space where you wanted to have your best furniture on display. the dark wood furniture, handsewn pieces. this was a space where you wanted to impress your guests. lindsaye and mrs. were involved in the community through city council, school board and churches, so this was a space where they could have those conversations with other leaders in the community. house has seen a lot of history happen through norman. base, the a navy
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great depression, there was the andth of the university, the south has been through all of it. we hope that provides that kind of representation to the community. are cities tour staff recently traveled to norman, oklahoma, to learn about its rich history. learn more about norman and other stops, tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all we can, every weekend, on c-span3. announcer: sunday night on afterwords, senator tim scott and cumbersome in trey gowdy discuss their friendship. they are interviewed by jim demint. >> one of the things i enjoy about having dinner with trey, was rarely is the occasion where
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someone does not stop, who is not from here, and thank him for his service. and this is just a fun experience, but it is also meaningful and significant to take a look into his cranium cavity about the perspective he takes on really important issues. you will find very quickly that while he may be branded partisan at times, the truth of the matter is his primary objective is truth. if it works for you, good. if it works against you, he is sorry, but he will find the truth. that is hard in a city -- i think it is more important in the city to find the truth and i have built a great friendship with somebody who is more interested in the truth and he is in winning. >> there is something really not complementary written about senator scott in a blog and it was libelous, and i just reached the end.
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i said, we will not put up with this anymore and i marched down to his office and i went right past the scheduler and i said, i'm going in. i said it, we are going to do something about this. you cannot allow people to say this and do nothing about it. he said, you are right, close the door. i thought, this is going to be good. we are going to hatch a plan. he said, where going to pray for them. and i said, i love you, but i am not praying for them. he said, well then you sit here while i do. and he sat and he prayed for a critic, by name, and there are not many people who do that. announcer: watch on sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span2. announcer: monday on landmark katt a book he was tape recorded by the fbi
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while transferring debt at a telephone booth. this expanded americans' rights to privacy and forever changed the way that law enforcement officers conduct their investigations. our guest to discuss the case is jeffrey rosen, president and ceo of the national constitution center in philadelphia, and jameel jaffer, founder of the national security institute and director of the national security law and policy program, both at george mason university's anthony scalia law school. watch landmark cases on monday and join the conversation. r #is landmark cases. follow us at c-span. we have resources on our website for background on each case. the landmark cases companion book, a link it to the national constitution center's interactive constitution, and the landmark cases podcast, at
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c-span.org/landmarkcases. 1968,cer: on march 31, president lyndon b. johnson delivered an oval office address . he began by outlining steps to end the war in vietnam, and ended the speech by announcing he would not seek reelection. jones, president lyndon johnson's appointment secretary tells the back story of his decision process which , began in september of 1967. this half-hour interview with recorded for c-span's the weekly podcast, which provides background to issues in the news. lyndon johnson: i shall not seek and i will not accept the nomination of my party for another term as your p

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