The Illinois Route 66 Association is taking nominations for the state’s Route 66 Hall of Fame through Feb. 29.
According to this news release in the Morris (Ill.) Daily Herald:
They can be submitted to Route 66 Association of Illinois, Attention Hall of Fame Committee, 110 W. Howard St., Pontiac, Ill. 61764. Deadline for nominations is Feb. 29, 2008.
Induction ceremonies will take place in June 2008.
Hall of Fame honorees include people and businesses that helped Route 66 in Illinois create its special flavor and character from 1926 to 1977, while it was an official U.S. highway.
The 75 members to date are truck drivers, waitresses, farmers, newspaper publisher, auto dealership and several mom and pop businesses, a movie palace, a drive-in theater and the Chain of Rocks Bridge.
Nominations may be submitted regarding anyone or a business that contributed to the great history and heritage on the “Mother Road.”
The nomination should be brief, not more than four pages, fact filled story about the nominee’s history along Route 66 in Illinois. Photos, news clippings and other memorabilia are welcome, but not required.
A list of 1990-2006 Hall of Fame inductees is here. The 2007 inductees are here.