Over the last 100 years Route 66 has been both a historic transportation corridor and a living cultural landscape whose preservation is essential to local economies, collective memory, and heritage tourism. This issue of Forum Journal —a member benefit of Preservation Leadership Forum—takes a closer look at not only the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s decades-long engagement with Route 66, but also the work of organizations and communities to preserve the "Mother Road" at the local, state, and national level. Learn from advocates and thier in-depth explorations of policy, partnerships, storytelling, and community action.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Preserving Route 66: Past, Present, and Future by Amy Jordan Webb
• The Endurance of the Mother Road by Rhys Martin
• The Impact of Federal National Park Service Involvement on Route 66: Preservation, Partnerships, and the Path Forward by Kaisa Barthuli
• Route to a National Historic Trail Designation by Pam Bowman
• Digital Roundup: New Ways to Experience Route 66 by Priya Chhaya, Kate Lenzer, Rhonda Sincavage
• A Commemoration and a Renewal: Celebrating the Centennial of Route 66 by William Thomas
• Amplifying Route 66’s Indigenous Voices by Edward Hall
• Route 66 On-the-Ground Coordination: Stories from the Road by Developed in partnership with Route 66 State Associations

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