Wednesday, June 27, 2012

June 26: The U.S. interstate highway system changes America forever on this date in 1956

As a young Army officer in 1919, Dwight Eisenhower took part in a U.S. Army convoy from Washington to San Francisco that took 62 days to travel the country -- averaging 6 mph. During World War II, he saw how quickly the German army could move thanks to the autobahn. Those two recollections help power [...]

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