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Homewood Historical Society program to feature Route 66, ‘The Mother Road’

Will County author John Weiss will recall the history of “The Mother Road” including the northernmost segment from Chicago to St. Louis at the Homewood Historical Society meeting on April 8.

Following a brief business meeting at 6 p.m., Weiss will present at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room of Homewood Public Library, 17917 Dixie Highway.

In “The Grapes of Wrath,” author John Steinbeck was the first to describe Route 66 as “The Mother Road”…

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