* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body2 {
 	background-color: #00254a;
	color:#fff;
 padding: 1rem;
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
}

h8 {
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Raleway', sans-serif;
}

.timeline {
  position: relative;
  padding: 1rem;
  margin: 0 auto;
  max-width: 100%;
  background-color: #00254a
}
.timeline:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  height: 100%;
  border: 1px solid white;
  right: 40px;
  top: 0;
}
.timeline:after {
  content: "";
  display: table;
  clear: both;
}
@media screen and (min-width: 700px) {
  .timeline {
    padding: 2rem;
  }
  .timeline:before {
    left: calc(50% - 1px);
    right: auto;
  }
}

.timeline__item {
  padding: 1rem;
  border: 2px solid white;
  border-image: linear-gradient(to right, skyblue 0%, white 100%);
  border-image-slice: 1;
  position: relative;
  margin: 1rem 3rem 1rem 1rem;
  clear: both;
  color: #fff;
}
.timeline__item:after, .timeline__item:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
}
.timeline__item:before {
  right: -10px;
  top: calc(50% - 5px);
  border-style: solid;
  border-color: white white transparent transparent;
  border-width: 10px;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}
@media screen and (min-width: 700px) {
  .timeline__item {
    width: 44%;
    margin: 1rem;
  }
  .timeline__item:nth-of-type(2n) {
    float: right;
    margin: 1rem;
    border-image: linear-gradient(to right, white 0%, skyblue 100%);
    border-image-slice: 1;
  }
  .timeline__item:nth-of-type(2n):before {
    right: auto;
    left: -10px;
    border-color: transparent transparent white white;
  }
}

.timeline__item--year {
  text-align: center;
  max-width: 150px;
  margin: 0 48px 0 auto;
  font-size: 1.8rem;
  background-color: #00254a;
  color: #fff;
  line-height: 1;
  border-image: none;
  padding: .5rem 1rem 1rem;
}
.timeline__item--year:before {
  display: none;
}
@media screen and (min-width: 700px) {
  .timeline__item--year {
    text-align: center;
    margin: 0 auto;
  }
  .timeline__item--year:nth-of-type(2n) {
    float: none;
    margin: 0 auto;
    border-image: none;
  }
  .timeline__item--year:nth-of-type(2n):before {
    display: none;
  }
}

.timeline__title {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: 'Raleway', sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.5em;
  color: #fff;
}

.timeline__blurb {
  line-height: 1.5;
  font-size: 1rem;
  margin: .5rem 0 0;
}