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EDWARDSVILLE — Dr. Gina Lathan, co-owner of the Route History Museum in Springfield, Illinois, will be speaking at the Black Experience along Route 66 event at the West End Service Station in ...
The annual Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor Festival will take place May 3-4 in central Illinois. This festival is a ...
Of the 89 counties along Route 66, half of them were sundown towns ... Brooklyn and Lovejoy, Illinois. Edwardsville was not in the list of towns that were safe for Black travelers.
The city of Springfield, Missouri, has been selected as the host city for the national kickoff of America’s Route 66 Centennial Celebration in 2026.