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CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHEST TUNNEL IN 1968

PHOTOS: Historic images from the construction of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel


On March 15, 1968, construction started on the north tunnel of
the
Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnel on Interstate 70 in
Colorado, some 60 miles west of Denver.

Located at an elevation of more than 11,000 feet, the project was
an engineering marvel and became the world’s highest vehicular
tunnel when it was completed in 1979. Four months after opening,
one million vehicles had passed through the tunnel; today, some
10 million vehicles drive through it each year.

9 Rare Photos Taken During The Eisenhower Tunnel Construction

PHOTOS: Historic images from the construction of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel

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5 things to know on the 50th anniversary of construction starting on the Eisenhower-Johnson ...

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DONNER RESCUE BEGAN THIS DAY IN 1847

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On February 19, 1847, the first rescuers reach surviving members
of the
Donner Party, a group of California-bound emigrants stranded
by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

In the summer of 1846, in the midst of a Western-bound fever
sweeping the United States, 89 people—including 31 members
of the Donner and Reed families—set out in a wagon train from Springfield,
Illinois.

After arriving at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, the emigrants decided to
avoid the usual route and try a new trail recently blazed by
California promoter Lansford Hastings, the so-called “Hastings
Cutoff.” 

After electing George Donner as their captain, the party departed
Fort Bridger in mid-July.
 

The shortcut was nothing of the sort: It set the Donner Party back
nearly three weeks and cost them much-needed supplies. After
suffering great hardships in the Wasatch Mountains, the Great Salt
Lake Desert and along the Humboldt River, they finally reached the
Sierra Nevada Mountains in early October.

Despite the lateness of the season, the emigrants continued to press
on, and on October 28 they camped at Truckee Lake, located in the
high mountains 21 kilometers northwest of Lake Tahoe. Overnight,
an early winter storm blanketed the ground with snow, blocking the mountain pass and trapping the Donner Party.

This Day in History: Apr 25, 1847: The last survivors of the Donner ...


Donner Party Monument at Donner Memorial State Park
Truckee, California.

World of Mailman: Shelters of the Donner Party

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THE RETRO BLOG MEMORIAL DEPARTMENT

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VIETNAM MEMORIAL DEDICATED IN 1982

In History – Vietnam War Memorial Dedicated

Near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who
served in the
Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
was dedicated in
Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by
thousands of veterans of the conflict.

The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black-granite
wall inscribed with the names of the 57,939 Americans who died
in the conflict, arranged in order of death, not rank, as was
common in other memorials.

The designer of the memorial was Maya Lin, a Yale University architecture student who entered a nationwide competition to
create a design for the monument.         
        
        
        
        
        
 » On Seeing, A Journal. ABOVE and BEYOND: Maya Lin      
Designer and sculptor Maya Ying Lin (64)

The Chinese/American was born in Athens, Ohio.



Maya Lin was still an undergraduate at Yale University
when she beat out more than 1,400 competitors in a
competition to design the memorial.

The Vietnam War Era

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EAA 2018: Vietnam veterans reflect on Old Glory Honor Flight experience

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