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Route 66 Celebrates 100 Years at Illinois Fair | Peoria News
This year’s Illinois State Fair is celebrating Route 66’s 100th anniversary with a “Miles of Smiles” theme, featuring the highway as grand marshal of the Twilight Parade and butter cow classics reimagined with nostalgic nods like an ice cream-loving girl and a dog on a scooter. Governor Pritzker highlights Illinois as the birthplace of Route 66, which stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica. A new “Route 66 Experience” exhibit sits right on the fairgrounds. The iconic 800-pound butter cow, crafted by artist Sarah Pratt (who reuses butter annually), takes center stage. The fair opens Thursday…
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