by B.L. Unkel | Jul 6, 2024 | Travel
For more than two hundred years, people dreamed about connecting England and France by tunnel. In 1994, the dream finally came true. This is a look at the Channel Tunnel after the build. (To learn how it became a reality—from concept to construction—read “Did You Know...
by B.L. Unkel | Jun 29, 2024 | History
This is the story behind the story of Arlington National Cemetery. The Beginning A couple of years after he married, John Parke Custis (Martha Washington’s son and George Washington’s stepson), purchased two plantations in northern Virginia to be closer to his...
by B.L. Unkel | Jun 22, 2024 | History
The federal government officially established Arlington National Cemetery on June 15, 1864. Though now our most honored military burial ground, that’s not how it began. National Cemeteries The Civil War claimed so many lives, the U.S. had to create the...
by B.L. Unkel | Jun 15, 2024 | History
Thirty years ago, the Channel Tunnel—the tunnel connecting England and France—began operations. The Idea Wanting to build a tunnel under the English Channel goes back centuries. French mining engineer, Albert Mathieu-Favier, pitched it to Napoleon Bonaparte in...
by B.L. Unkel | May 18, 2024 | Travel
Have you ever wondered where some Texas towns got their names? Naming a Town First, understand it wasn’t as easy as saying, “Let’s call our town xyz.” Well, it was, but if you wanted a post office, federal postal authorities had to approve your town’s name....
