if you can imagine the 1970's, around 74, we lived in carrollton, georgia. we live in georgia because my father went to lane and got his ph.d. part of the deal was the essence dollars of money if he promised to come back to georgia and teach when he finished. fair deal. well, he finished up his dissertation and found a job offer at one place, carrollton, georgia. that is where he went. two young girls. my mother and i'll live in carrollton georgia. we pack up to come to washington on this big train trip. as you can imagine, a big chip for us. my mother's mother was going as well. we are getting ready and coming down the big kill. pretty steep, not very long. my grandmother trips and broke her arm. broken leg. her leg. broker leg. my sister had to get someone to push around the entire time. luckily there was no problem with that. grandmother got on the train. the whole way here. we kept our family vacation intact. what i remember, and the reason i'm telling the story, if you can imagine a girl from carrollton georgia riding the train up, going into the dining

when he finished up his dissertation, he found a job offer at one place of carrollton, georgia. so that's where he went. he had two young girls. my mother and all went to carrollton. we packed up and went to washington on a train trip. it was a 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, not very long and my grandmother tripped and broke her leg. she broke her leg. ackermann because my sister had to push her around washington the entire tactic likely she was 16. grandma got on the train, she rode the train the hallway here and we kept our family vacation in debt. the reason i'm telling the story is if you can imagine a little rural girl from carrollton, georgia, riding the train up, going into the dining car in the morning, sitting down at what appeared to be a very elegant table, and looking out of the window and seeing as you cross the bridge of natoma, washington monument. and feeling that i had known that i just entered our nations capital. later i learned as i'm sure ma