Former U.S. Senator Rebecca Felton

[Music] all right all right all right now what you want me to do yeah hello folks how are you feeling good this morning hope you do I'm trying to get on My Feet Again feel pretty good thankfulness as well as it is oh boys I'm pleased to see you I don't know where you come from but I give you all the welcome I've got to offer you and I want to tell you that I'm living on the same ground that I've lived on for 75 long years when I come here as 18 year old bride I went to Washington 50 years and a little more ago I saw all the people around there and been with the presidents and uh I learned a great many things up there that I didn't know before I'll add a little more to it I was one of the board of leading managers for the Chicago exposition and I share my full time in in Chicago and learned of many things over there I have been to I was a delegate to the Tennessee Centennial exposition I was a delegate to St Louis a journal at St Louis I think for a North Georgia cracker my size and age I've had pretty good education on that line does that do all right I was a three-year-old girl when the Indians were moved from this country to Indian territories I have an indistinct recollection of seeing the red men as they went through the Woods for everything was Woods nearly at that time I have an A distinct impression of a three-year-old child can have it nevertheless I've been here since that time and I've seen the march of progress all the way at Market at that time they were we had on the stage coaches and we only had horses and Buggies and we had lots of foot back Travelers I remember all of that and had Innovative acquaintance with the people of that time now I've seen it come along all this way and the airplane goes over this oh my house going on its way and it's got to be such a common thing they all go don't go even out to see if she can look at although it's my Advanced age I had a most serious accident that threatened my life very seriously I feel like I'm on the way to recovery I feel as much interest in people and things as I ever did and to tell me that you can't keep a good man down I don't believe I'm devoured by six I believe I've got a chance yet are you dear boys I want you to understand that I don't always talk this like frim fam sort of way back Yonder when I was a girl of about 16. I joined the church and I think my heavenly father has led me along and I want to give him praise and his things and now in six years of a hundred I can see that I think that's the best part that can change my whole life