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Learn about Route 66 on Monday at the Tiskilwa museum · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Learn about Route sixty six on Monday at the Tuskilva Museum. Written
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  by Tom Collins. This article is being read by an automated voice,
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  brought to you by Everlett. Amanda Bryden of the Illinois State Museum
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  in Springfield will explore the history of the 100-year-old Route 66 at
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  7 p.m. Monday, September 14 at Tiskilwa's Museum on Maine. Using PowerPoint
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  images and audio clips, Bryden will share the experiences of everyday people
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  who lived, worked, and traveled along the Mother Road during its heyday.
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  The famous Federal highway. Commissioned in 1926 stretches 2,400 miles
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  connecting Chicago to Santa Monica, California. Over The century, millions of people
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  from the US and numerous other countries have traveled that ribbon of
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  highway. During those years, Americans have witnessed financial booms, the depression, wars,
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  and other historic times. The experiences this highway offers are as diverse
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  and complicated as America itself. Attendees will hear in Traveler's own words
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  what it was like to eat, sleep, and drive Route 66 back
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  in the day. In addition, they'll learn several surprising facts about the
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  differences in road travel in the mid-20th century versus today. At the
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  end of the presentation, Amanda will answer questions and attendees will also
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  be invited to share their road trip memories of Route 66. Programs
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  at Museum on Maine are always free of charge and open to
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  the public. For those needing assistance, a chairlift is available to the
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  upstairs community room. Presentations are followed by homemade refreshments and social time
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  in the museum galleries.