if you can imagine in the 1970s, this might've been around 74, we lived in carrollton, georgia. we lifting geralds and, georgia because my father who went to emory and went to tulane and got his ph.d., part of the deal was he got some scholarship money if he promised to come back to george and tea 20 finish. a fair deal. when he finished that dissertation he found a job offer in one place, carrollton, georgia. so that is where he went. he had two young to young girls and my mother, we all looked in carrollton, georgia. we packed up to come to washington on a big train trip which you can imagine then was a big trip for us. my mother's mother was going as well. we were getting ready and we are coming down the big hill to our little house. my grandmother tripped and broke her arm. broke her leg, she broke her leg. my sister had to get someone to push her around the entire time. luckily she was -- and didn't have a problem with that but grandma got on the train and she wrote the train the whole way here when we kept our family vacation intact. what i remember and the reason for this

we lived in carrollton, georgia.ive in carrollton georgia because my father went to ann marie and tulane that his phd. part of the deal was the guts and scholarship money if he promised to become back to georgia and teach. fair deal. when he finished up his to some faces -- dissertation and belgium he found a job offer in carrollton, georgia. that is where he went. two young girls. we all lived in carrollton georgia. we packed up to come to washington on a big train trips, which, as you can imagine, a big trip. my mother's mother. we are getting ready and coming down the big hill on our little house. pretty steep, not very long. my grandfather tripped and broker arm. broker legg. broker legg. she broke her leg. my sister had to get someone to push her around the washington some. the grandmother got on the trade, rode the trend a whole way here. we kept our family petition intact. what i remember, and the reason i'm telling you the story, imagine a little girl grow riding the train, going into the dining car in the mo

we lived in carrollton georgia. we lived in carrolltonorn george because my father who went to emory and tulane got his ph.d. and part of the deal he got some scholarship money if he promised to come back toorn george to teach when he finished. fair deal. he found a job offer at one place. carrollton, georgia. so that's where he went. he had two young girls. and my mother and we all lived in carrollton, georgia. so we packed up to come to washington on a big train trip which you can imagine it was big trip for us. my mother's mother was going as well. we're getting ready and we're coming down the big hill on our little house. it's pretty steep and not very long and my grandmother, mamo, tripped and broke her arm -- no, broke her leg and i remember because someone had to push her around the washington zoo the entire time. luckily she was -- but grandma got on the train and we rode the train and we kept our vacation intact and the reason why i'm telling you a little rural girl from carrollton, georgia, riding the trai

georgia when he finished to teach. when he finished he found a job offer at one place. that is where he went. he had two young girls we lived in carrolltongeorgette. so we pack up from a big train trip we were getting ready and coming down the big hill and my grandmother trip to and broker legg. i remember because my sister had to find somebody to push somebody around but grandmother brought on the train and road it the whole way here but you can imagine a little little girl riding the train going into the dining car sitting down at an elegant table with white tablecloths and looking out the window to see the potomac the washington monument. and the feeling i had it new-line entered the nation's capital. later i learned at the top is says praise be to god as the sun rises every day and also strike the phrase be to god. so there really is a special city and for those who live here you can occasionally forget that but it is important to remember that it is a very special city. my first political memory is of the 1974 campaign. a little girl from georgia 1974 my father decides to run for congress as a republican. back then there were no rep