You can now drive for the next cuople years and probably still not visit every loction in the History or Drive App. You can visit the same spots as: Addressing Gettysburg History Hunters The History Underground We truly just love to travel and want to help others travel too. That is why we’re working soContinue reading “1,290 Spots…and Premade Driving Tours”
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1,000 Locations and Growing
History or Drive just went over 1,000 points of interest on the map! 🤯 We have been following The History Underground on his epic road trip across the Licoln Highway from coast to coast and we have two new creators in the app! History Hunters is a west coast based fellow history traveler that weContinue reading “1,000 Locations and Growing”
Edgar Allan Poe: The Story Behind His Grave
This episode tours Baltimore’s Westminster Burial Ground, founded in 1786 by local Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, and highlights it as a “who’s who” of merchants, military figures, and writers. 📍 Visit this location 00:00 Famous Graves00:51 Cemetery Origins02:13 Poe Death and Burial03:24 McHenry and Fort Namesake04:05 Phillip Key Scandal05:12 Poe Original Grave Site05:58 Poe Family Plot06:23 StarContinue reading “Edgar Allan Poe: The Story Behind His Grave”
Free Month Pass to History or Drive
The History Underground is doing a 28 day road trip across the US from Maine to California and releasing a video every day!! To support and celebrate this crazy man…we’re giving away a free month pass to History or Drive. You can watch his daily videos pop up on the map every day for theContinue reading “Free Month Pass to History or Drive”
Congratulations to The History Underground
JD over at The History Underground on YouTube just posted his 500th History Traveler video! 🤯 A massive congrats to him for hitting this milestone that very few achieve (and really that’s only about half of his total video count). His 500th episode is now mapped on History or Drive and is the 900th locationContinue reading “Congratulations to The History Underground”
We Made a History Travel App
We have been working on a History Travel app and we are calling it “History or Drive“. Our goal with History or Drive is 100% aligned with our goal here in Walk with History / Talk with History…to help people travel to historic locations. Exclusive announcement: Our friend JD, from The History Underground, has agreedContinue reading “We Made a History Travel App”
Discovering Family at Shiloh with Vlogging Through History
From Shiloh National Cemetery, Jen of Walk with History meets Chris Mowery of Vlogging Through History to visit graves connected to Chris’s family and discuss his upcoming book on Company H of the 20th Ohio. They tour the cemetery, including the 16th Wisconsin color guard monument, and explain how markers list only states. Chris sharesContinue reading “Discovering Family at Shiloh with Vlogging Through History”
The Woman Who Made Helen Keller Possible | Annie Sullivan
Jenn visits, Ivy Green in Tuscumbia, Alabama, the birthplace of Helen Keller, highlighting the famous water pump where Annie Sullivan helped seven-year-old Helen connect the spelled word “water” to its meaning after Helen became blind and deaf at 19 months. 📍 Google Maps to Hellen Keller birthplace 00:00 Welcome to Ivy Green00:54 The Water PumpContinue reading “The Woman Who Made Helen Keller Possible | Annie Sullivan”
Peanut Butter, Elvis, and American Dreams: A Café with a Legacy
This episode of ‘Talk With History’ delves into the rich history of the Arcade Restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee. Hosts Scott and Jen explore how Spiros Zapatos, a Greek immigrant, founded the diner in 1919 and how it evolved into a cultural cornerstone over the next century. The restaurant has served everyone from World War II soldiers to Elvis Presley and survived through pivotal moments like the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Current owner Jeff Zapatos shares insights into how his family kept the restaurant running through various challenges and its key role in Memphis history. The Arcade continues to attract visitors, not just for its historical significance but also for its delicious food, embodying the enduring American dream. 00:00 The Immigrant’s Dream: Spiros Zapatos’ Journey 00:27 The Birth of the Arcade Restaurant 02:00 Elvis Presley and the Arcade Connection 02:39 The American Dream and Memphis History 05:08 The Arcade’s Role in World War II 21:29 The Civil Rights Era and the Arcade 24:28 The Arcade’s Resilience and Revival 26:13 Hollywood Comes to the Arcade 28:45 Visiting the Arcade Today 📍 Google Maps to the Arcade Restaurant 🎥 Video from the Arcade 🤨 Want to help give us feedback on what you want to hear? ➡️➡️➡️ 2 minute history content survey at iAskHistory.com Transcript The Immigrant’s Dream: Speros Zepatos’ Journey Scott: [00:00:00] Imagine a young man. Barely 18, standing on the deck of a ship in 1909.Continue reading “Peanut Butter, Elvis, and American Dreams: A Café with a Legacy”
Elvis Presley: The Birth of a Legend at Overton Park Shell
The episode takes listeners back to July 30th, 1954, in Memphis, Tennessee, where a young and nervous Elvis Presley takes the stage at Overton Park Shell for the first time. Hosts Scott and Jen Bennie dive into the history of this iconic night that marked the beginning of Elvis’s meteoric rise to fame. They discussContinue reading “Elvis Presley: The Birth of a Legend at Overton Park Shell”