What two experiences of the 34th President of the United States helped shape the Interstate Highway System—and how did that vision lead to a highway being built through an established African American community in Nashville, Tennessee? In 1919, Dwight D. Eisenhower participated in a military convoy traveling 3,251 miles from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco. …

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