Route 66 at 100! America's "Mother Road" as an Enduring Symbol of Freedom, Mobility, and Adventure
November 2, 2026
Anna Hajdik, Senior Lecturer, Literature, Writing and Film
2026 is the 100th anniversary of Route 66. The building of Route 66 represented the emergence of a more modern, auto-centric America, and certainly it is being commemorated in different ways across the country this year.
Lectures will be held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the Olm Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater. They are open to the public and registration is not required. Lectures may be recorded and posted to our Fairhaven Lecture website and YouTube channel. Videos of lectures in this series and in past series can be accessed for free any time after they are posted online.
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