Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969)

The route is memorialized as the Selma To Montgomery Voting Rights Trail

The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series three marches that marked the  
peak of the American civil rights movement. They grew out of the voting rights
movement in Selma, Alabama. The third march of 25,000 people concluded at
the steps of the State Capitol Building where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered
his “How Long, Not Long” speech (below).   

Early on the morning of Monday, March 24, 1958, Elvis Presley, accompanied by his 
parents and a group of family and friends, reported to the Memphis Draft Board and
from there, he and twelve other recruits were bused to Kennedy Veterans Memorial 
Hospital where he was given a physical, sworn in and then taken to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas for further processing. 

Private Elvis Presley

Patrick Henry was an orator and politician who led the movement for
independence in Virginia in the 1770s. The Founding Father is best
remembered for his “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” speech.

1961 issue

 

Gemini 3 Crew from left: John Young and Virgil "Gus" Grissom

Gemini 3 was the first two-man NASA mission and the second manned mission of the
Gemini program. It was also the final manned flight controlled by NASA from Cape
Canaveral, Florida before operations were shifted to the Manned Spacecraft
Center in Houston, Texas. The spacecraft, nicknamed Molly Brown, was
launched with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young aboard.The
mission’s primary goal was to test the new, maneuverable Gemini spacecraft.

The Gemini 3 capsule is pictured atop the Titan ll rocket
prior to launch.

Astronauts Young (left) and  Grissom inside their Gemini 3
spacecraft awaiting blastoff.