Road Trip Through History
Road Trip Through History: The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Recently My Own True Love and I took a week-long road trip that looped down the Mississippi, across to Little Rock, through northwest Arkansas, up to Kansas City and back to Chicago. For much of the trip, historical sightseeing was out of the question. All we could do was make lists of sites and museums…
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Road Trip Through History: The Vandalia Statehouse State Historical Site
The first thing you need to remember about the old state capitol building in Vandalia, Illinois, is that it is NOT called the Old Capitol.* The Old Capitol, which is not as old as the state capitol building in Vandalia, is in Springfield. What can I say? Stuff doesn’t always make sense. Vandalia became the…
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Road Trip Through History: America’s First Interstate
George Washington was a road builder long before he was a nation-builder. As a young officer under the ill-fated General Braddock, he helped construct a military road from western Maryland to Pennsylvania.* As president of the new United States, he dreamed of a trans-Appalachian road that would unify the new nation and aid westward expansion.…
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