Route 66 Car Show returns after a year hiatus in Berwyn
Hundreds of classic and custom cars will roll into town on Saturday, along the historic Route 66. This year, the event is part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the historic road.
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Hundreds of classic and custom cars will roll into town on Saturday, along the historic Route 66. This year, the event is part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the historic road.
The original location at 501 N. Chicago in Joliet opened on June 22, 86 years ago. Now the Joliet Area Historical Museum is taking over the building as part of its Route 66 collection.
On the 100th anniversary of Route 66, an Oklahoma couple hit the road in a century-old car to drive the entire length of the iconic highway from Chicago to Santa Monica, California. They made it pier to pier in one piece.
Where Route 66 begins, so, too, does a love story for Ed and Jackie Fogle.
As Route 66 celebrates 100 years, Ed and Jackie Fogle mark a milestone of their own — 25 years of marriage this June. Now, they're ready for Route 66 again.
April is Parkinson's awareness month, and Bill Bucklew is a shining example of what's possible with the condition.
April is Parkinson’s awareness month, and Bill Bucklew is a shining example of what’s possible with the condition. In his latest upcoming adventure, Bucklew will cycle most of the length of the historic Route 66. He joins Jackie Kostek.
If you want to see the Joliet Slammers play some Big House Ball, tickets are now on sale for their game inside the Old Joliet Prison.
Hundreds of classic and modern cars along old Route 66 Saturday in Berwyn from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The free show runs along Ogden Avenue from Oak Park Avenue to Ridgeland Avenue.
You know them when you see them. Large, lantern-jaw fiberglass statues once used to draw attention to everything from auto repair shops to hotdog stands.
After a bidding war, the Gemini Giant was purchased by the Joliet Area Historical Museum for $275,000.
The statue was put up in 1965 outside the Launching Pad Drive-In restaurant and Americana gift shop in Wilmington.
"Each chapter is a state that goes through Route 66 and there are eight states. And so you have to tell the story of each state and what baseball looked like."
