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Ramona Lehman always wanted a big party to celebrate her 50th anniversary as owner of the iconic Munger Moss Motel. And Saturday night she got it.
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The Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society honored Orchard Hills Package Store for 75 years on Route 66 during Saturday night's Route 66 Festival finale at the Munger Moss Motel.
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Boswell Park was the place to be Saturday as Day 2 of the 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival presented by Heritage Bank of the Ozarks featured a kids' bike parade, a cruise-in with more than 100 classic vehicles, live music from the '60s and '70s by The Bucket Band and visitors from all over the…
Even in 90-degree weather, 101 classic vehicles participated Saturday morning in the 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival parade. Cliff Claxton, one of the parade coordinators, said the turnout was good considering that cruise-ins also were held Friday night and Saturday night of the festival.
Downtown Lebanon was filled with classic cars, throngs of people and memorable music Friday night as the 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival, presented by Heritage Bank of the Ozarks, opened with the first Route 66 Festival Downtown Cruise, hosted by the Lebanon Downtown Business District.
Three bands. Three cruise-ins. Three locations. Two days. One big parade.
More than 150 classic, antique and custom cars are expected to participate Saturday, June 19, in this year’s Route 66 Parade, one of the biggest events of the Lebanon Route 66 Festival presented by Heritage Bank of the Ozarks.
Here’s the schedule for the 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival presented by Heritage Bank of the Ozarks. We’ll update the schedule if changes occur. The festival is an official Missouri Bicentennial event with the theme of “200 Years of Missouri, 95 Years of Route 66.”
Five years ago, when Woodrow and Veronica Carpenter were looking for a business to call their own, it was an easy decision after friends told them that Orchard Hills Package Store was available.
The new Boswell Park amphitheater should be ready for next week’s Lebanon Route 66 Festival now that crews began erecting the prefabricated structure atop the already completed concrete base Wednesday.
Not many can say that Route 66 runs in front of and behind their house.
Planning for the 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival presented by Heritage Bank of the Ozarks remains “on track,” festival chairman Jessica Rodden told the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society board Tuesday.
The historic Camp Joy cabin at Lebanon’s Boswell Park will be open to the public on the Saturday (June 19) of this year’s Route 66 Festival.
The Blue Collar Kings, a classic-rock, blues and country band that performs frequently at the Lake of the Ozarks, will provide the entertainment on the Munger Moss Motel patio as the Lebanon Route 66 Festival celebrates the 75th anniversary of the internationally famous Route 66 landmark on …
Fifteen businesses, each representing an historic Route 66 location in Laclede County, will participate in a “passport program” on the Friday night of the Lebanon Route 66 Festival presented by Heritage Bank of the Ozarks.
The Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Festival, presented by Heritage Bank of the Ozarks, has been endorsed by “Missouri 2021” as an official Missouri Bicentennial event, the Route 66 Festival Committee learned at Wednesday's meeting.
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More than 30 locations on or near Route 66 across Missouri now have free copies available of the 2021 Laclede County Route 66 Guide and Map. The 56-page, full-color magazine, in its fourth year, is a partnership between the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society and the Laclede County Record.
More volunteers are needed to help at the Lebanon Route 66 Festival, Bruce Owen, president of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, said Tuesday at the group’s monthly board meeting.
Although attendance at the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Museum was down last year during the pandemic, the guest book still was signed by visitors from 17 foreign countries, 46 states and 143 Missouri cities, Cathy Dame told the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society board Tuesday.
Planning for the 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival presented by Heritage Bank of the Ozarks continued Wednesday morning as 14 members of the festival planning committee met at the Lebanon-Laclede County Library to fine-tune the schedule for the event on Father’s Day weekend.
The 2021 Laclede County Route 66 Guide and Map is off the press, with distribution of the 6,250 copies to begin this week and continue through the year. The free, full-color magazine is an annual partnership of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society and the Laclede County Record.
UPDATED: Applications for food and craft vendors who wish to set up on Friday and/or Saturday, June 18-19, at the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Festival are now available.
Michael Boggs was elected the new vice president of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society at its annual meeting Tuesday.
The 2021 Laclede County Route 66 Guide and Map, identifying nearly 100 existing and past points of interest along the county’s 36 miles of the The Mother Road, will be eight pages bigger than previous editions, board member Gary Sosniecki told the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society boar…
After Bennett Spring State Park, Route 66 is “the other biggie” in Lebanon tourist attractions, city tourism director Rebecca Rupard told the Lebanon Rotary Club on Thursday.
The new Boswell Park amphitheater will be located about where the stage has been for the past four Lebanon Route 66 Festivals, Bruce Owen, president of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, announced Wednesday at the monthly meeting of the Lebanon Route 66 Festival Committee.
The Missouri Department of Transportation “has acted in bad faith” in negotiating with the Route 66 Association of Missouri over ownership of the closed Route 66 Gasconade River Bridge, Rich Dinkela, president of the Route 66 group, contended at a meeting Tuesday to discuss the impact if the…
If the Route 66 Gasconade River Bridge comes down, part of it could be destined for Lebanon’s Route 66-themed Boswell Park.
Dates have been set for the third annual Route 66 Yard Sale: 100 Miles of Treasures on The Mother Road. And all three sponsoring organizations are back.
Thanks to a $5,000 donation, Heritage Bank of the Ozarks will be the presenting sponsor of the 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival, Kim Light, President and Senior Loan Officer, Heritage Bank of the Ozarks, and Bruce Owen, President of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, have announced.
This year’s Lebanon Route 66 Festival will feature three cruise-ins and three popular bands during a jam-packed two-day schedule June 18-19. The Route 66 Festival Committee met Wednesday for its monthly planning session.
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The Missouri Department of Transportation today rejected the latest proposal by the Route 66 Association of Missouri for taking ownership of the historic Route 66 Gasconade River Bridge at Hazelgreen and will restart the legal process of "resolving adverse effects from the removal of the bridge."
The Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society is the sole sponsor of the statewide “Travel the Mother Road Challenge,” one of four challenges for Missouri Explorers during this year’s Missouri Bicentennial.
The 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival will join the statewide celebration of Missouri’s bicentennial with the festival theme of “200 Years of Missouri, 95 Years of Route 66,” the festival committee decided Wednesday.
What goes better with the classic cars and nostalgia of a Route 66 Festival than the Top 40 hits of the 1960s and early ’70s? That's why the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society again has booked The Bucket Band from Kansas City to perform Saturday, June 19, at the 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival.
The annual membership meeting of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, originally scheduled for Jan. 25, has been postponed because of concerns about the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Laclede County.
The Lebanon City Council approved construction of an amphitheater Monday night that will be used for the Lebanon Route 66 Festival and other events in Boswell Park. The goal is for the structure to be ready in time for the 2021 festival on Father’s Day weekend.
As soon as Mayor Jared Carr showed Ramona Lehman the wall-sized mural depicting 44 Laclede County Route 66 landmarks, including two photos of her Munger Moss Motel, Lehman broke out in a big smile.
An amphitheater for concerts and other events at Route 66-themed Boswell Park remains on track to be finished before the 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival.
Symbolic of the City of Lebanon’s growing commitment to Route 66 as a tourist destination, Rebecca Rupard, the city’s new tourism director, had to do a research project on Route 66 as part of her hiring process.
As they feasted on pastries and coffee courtesy of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society, Route 66 enthusiasts from as far away as Chippewa Falls, Wis., gathered Sunday morning in Boswell Park, where they heard greetings from Mayor Jared Carr and learned about projects by the city and …
UPDATED SATURDAY NIGHT: More than 75 Route 66 enthusiasts from seven states as far away as Wisconsin and Texas arrived Saturday afternoon in Laclede County during Day 2 of the three-day Route 66 Association of Missouri Motor Tour.
More Route 66 features are planned for Route 66-themed Boswell Park, President Bruce Owen told the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society board at its monthly meeting Tuesday.
Jessica Fox was appointed to the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society board Tuesday to fill the seat vacated this summer by Nicole McGinnis, who moved to Iowa.
The Route 66 murals in Boswell Park have become a tourism draw for Lebanon, the director of Lebanon Parks and Recreation told the Lebanon Rotary Club today.
Mark your calendar: The 2021 Lebanon Route 66 Festival again will be on Father’s Day weekend and again will be a two-day event, the festival committee decided at its first planning meeting Tuesday.
The Route 66 Motor Tour is coming to Lebanon, and the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society plans to roll out the red carpet.
The Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society board heard plenty of good news and one piece of sad news at its monthly meeting Tuesday.
Vicki Hatcher and her husband always had wanted to drive Route 66.
Fifty-two yard sales, many with multiple sellers, are set for the second annual 100-mile Route 66 Yard Sale this Friday and Saturday in Pulaski, Laclede and Webster counties.
If the Route 66 Gasconade River Bridge is torn down, a small piece of the historic bridge could be preserved in Lebanon’s Route 66-themed Boswell Park, the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society board learned Tuesday at its monthly meeting.
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