A 50-Year Memory: Making Chicago a Seaport

April 25 - The St. Lawrence Seaway linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean officially opens to shipping.

I was only 10 and lived in central Pennsylvania, not near the St. Lawrence at all. But I remember the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. It's achievement: to make inland cities into seaports from Erie, PA, to Chicago, IL, Milwaukee, WI, and Duluth, MN. Even Green Bay, WI.

Quite an accomplishment. Happy Birthday.