Ten historical facts I learned while hiking through Appalachia
The Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vt., is managed by Sam von Trapp and his father, Johannes. Johannes is the son of Georg and Maria von Trapp, after whom The Sound of Music was loosely based. A display at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, N.Y., showcases a photograph taken in downtown Stevens Point, Wis. Former U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, were fifth cousins once removed. Though the now-famous opening lin