Ike’s Big Road Trip - Ep.# 130

Episode #130 Host - Theo Mayer 100 Years Ago This Week: Ike’s Big Road Trip - Host |@ 01:50 Remembering Veterans: Veterans History Project - Col Karen Lloyd USA (ret.) |@ 11:15 Spotlight On the media: Ernst Jünger Documentary - Elsa Minisini |@ 22:20 Articles & Posts - Weekly Dispatch - Host |@ 33:55 World War I - THEN 100 Years Ago This Week Ike’s Big Road Trip Sources Highway History, Federal Highway Administration, https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/history.cfm Pfeiffer, David A.,  “Ike’s Interstates at 50,” Prologue Magazine, The National Archives of the United States, https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2006/summer/interstates.html Klein, Christopher, “The Epic Road Trip that Inspired the Interstate Highway System, https://www.history.com/news/the-epic-road-trip-that-inspired-the-interstate-highway-system Thompson, Helen, “How a Hellish Road Trip Revolutionized America’s Highways,” Smithsonian, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1919-ike-took-hellish-road-trip-across-us-180956284/ “1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy,” https://www.dwightdeisenhower.com/368/1919-Transcontinental-Motor-Convoy Cook, Kevin L., “Ike’s Road Trip,” American History, https://www.historynet.com/ikes-road-trip.htm https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/07/01/issue.html World War I - NOW Remembering Veterans Veterans’ History Project - Gold Star Family Voices Act - Col. Karen Lloyd http://www.loc.gov/vets/ https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service/submit-a-story-of-service.html https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/wwi-genealogy-research-guide.html https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/6129-veterans-history-project-updates-collections-policy-and-scope-includes-gold-star-voices.html https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2016/11/new-director-appointed-to-lead-veterans-history-project/ https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s3419 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/114th-congress/house-report/663 https://www.goldstarmoms.com/legislative-news.html Spotlight on the Media “The Red and The Gray” - Elsa Minisimi https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/articles-posts/6206-the-red-and-the-gray.html http://ww1cc.org/wwrite  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernst-Junger https://fidmarseille.org/en/personnalite/elsa-minisini/ Articles and Posts Highlight from the Dispatch Newsletter - Host http://ww1cc.org/dispatch     Sponsors: The U.S. World War One Centennial Commission The Pritzker Military Museum & Library The Starr Foundation The Doughboy Foundation Production: Executive Producer: Dan Dayton Producer & Host: Theo Mayer Line Producer: Katalin Laszlo Line Producer in Training: Juliette Cowall Written by: Theo Mayer and David Kramer Interview Editing Mac Nelsen Tim Crowe Research and support: JL Michaud