The Old Sheldon Church
America’s Interstate Highway System is a national treasure. We have President Eisenhower to thank for this, since his administration enacted the Federal Highway Act of 1956— but the massive infrastructure program actually came about for military reasons. Decades before, after World War I, America’s geographic isolation was actually seen as a vulnerability. Back then, the local roads were vastly inconsistent in terms of quality, so it could take up to two months to drive across the country. The military’s thinking was that they should have a quicker way to move vehicles and material from one ocean to another, just in case of another global conflict, or a surprise attack on our own shores. The grand vision might have taken decades of planning and deliberation to come to fruition, but…