We had the baby boom. And then everybody got a brandnew car. Cars were made again and we had to show or family where we trained at the great lakes or down in oklahoma or out in texas or in california, and people took to the road. And the wartime blended right into peacetime into the great long heyday of route 66. The late 40s, throughout the 50s, 60s, even into the 70s. Even after president eisenhower in 1956 signed actually the death warrant for the road, the interstate highway act which led to the creation of five interstate highways that tried to take route 66s place from chicago to santa monica. But it wasnt until the mid 1980s that the last shields went down. Thats when the decertification was complete. The federal shields were down. Now we had the interstates, 55 and 44 and 40 and 15 and 10. And route 66 went into a bit of a limbo. Its so many things that is the road is so many things. Much more than just the physical road itself. For many people its not for many people. Its nost
In palm beach, florida. Thank you, dr. Brenneman. And good morning, everyone. Im so excited youre here. And welcome to the First Founders and us relevance of our origin origins. I am gay gaines, aand i and i addict of founding American History. I was having breakfast with joe ellis and speaker Newt Gingrich at mount vernon, my favorite place in america. We were lamenting the fact that most colleges and universities in the United States are no longer teaching founding American History. And in fact most high schools are no longer teaching our founding American History. In 1898, when seniors and colleges and high schools were asked who is the greatest hero, they unanimously said george washington. In 1988, when they were asked the same question, the answer was michael jordan. We were discussing my dream of building a future for the past right here in palm beach, florida. What some might think an unlikely location. But i told them about this incredible organization, the society of the four
In palm beach, florida. Thank you, dr. Brenneman. And good morning, everyone. Im so excited youre here. And welcome to the First Founders and us, the relevance of our origins. For those of you who dont know me, i am gay gaines, and i am an addict of founding American History. In november of 2015, i was having breakfast with joelle liss and speaker Newt Gingrich at mt. Vernon, my very favorite place in america. We were lamenting the fact that most colleges and universities in the United States are no longer teaching founding American History. And in fact most high schools are no longer teaching our founding American History. In 1898, when seniors and colleges and high schools were asked who is the greatest hero, they unanimously said george washington. In 1988, when they were asked the same question, the answer was michael jordan. We were discussing my dream of building a future for the past right here in palm beach, florida. What some might think an unlikely location. But i told them a
Founders and us, the relevance of our origins. I am gay gaines, and im an addict of founding American History. In november of 20 15i was having breakfast with jo ellis and speaker Newt Gingrich at mount vernon, my very favorite place in america. We were lamenting the fact that most colleges and universities in the United States are no longer teaching founding American History. And, in fact, most high schools are no longer teaching our founding American History. In 1898, when seniors and colleges and high schools were asked who is the greatest hero, they unanimously said george washington. In 1988, when they were asked the same question, the answer was michael jordan. We were discussing my dream of building a future for the past right here in palm beach, florida. In what some might think an unlikely location, but i told them about this incredible organization, the society for the four arts and its generous benefactors and members, and both historians were thousandtic. The goal was to at
Founders and us, the relevance of our origins. I am gay gaines, and im an addict of founding American History. In november of 20 15i was having breakfast with jo ellis and speaker Newt Gingrich at mount vernon, my very favorite place in america. We were lamenting the fact that most colleges and universities in the United States are no longer teaching founding American History. And, in fact, most high schools are no longer teaching our founding American History. In 1898, when seniors and colleges and high schools were asked who is the greatest hero, they unanimously said george washington. In 1988, when they were asked the same question, the answer was michael jordan. We were discussing my dream of building a future for the past right here in palm beach, florida. In what some might think an unlikely location, but i told them about this incredible organization, the society for the four arts and its generous benefactors and members, and both historians were thousandtic. The goal was to at