Detroit automakers showcased their industrial supremacy when they shifted production from cars to war machines to aid allied victory in World War II.

December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the US enters WWII. The war would drag on until September of 1945.

Ben Franklin’s efficient management of the U.S. Post Office and postal service made the system a vital communication link that fueled the fires of the American Revolution.

The first large scale engineering feat in American Industrial Age history, the 363-mile Erie Canal began construction in 1817 and opened in 1825.

Marking the end of the counter-culture era, Woodstock was a 3-day festival 40-miles outside of Woodstock, New York. Over-capacity crowds took advantage of the major headlining performers in this historic free concert.

The first transcontinental railroad was completed on May 10th, 1869 but not without immense investment, risk, and ill-gotten rewards.

Baby boomer youth from across the United States descended on San Francisco for the summer of 1967, replete with drugs, rock n roll and free love.