Route 66 Centennial Speakers Series

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Monthly historical lecture series for Route 66 Centennial in 2026 in and near Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Sponsored by Albuquerque Historical Society, East Mountain Historical Society, Historic Albuquerque, Inc., Los Ranchos Historical Society. We are a small committee from the Albuquerque Historical Society, Historic Albuquerque, the East Mountain Historical Society, the Sandoval County Historical Society; we are working in collaboration with the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Public Library System, area history museums and community centers, and state and national historic sites. We celebrate the rich heritage of the Mother Road Route 66, and seek to share many historical points of view and topic areas throughout 2026, the Centennial of Route 66.

11/01/2026

On Oct 24th, Roland Pentilla challenged another group at the International District Library with his Route 66 Trivia Quiz! The audience learned answers to questions such as: “What was the earliest number associated with the road?”, “Who is considered the father of Route 66?”, and “What Federal law in 1956 marked the beginning of the end for Route 66?”

Hear this talk at 11am on Sat, November 28, at the Raymond Sanchez Community Center. This is the final date for the Route 66 Centennial Speaker Series, and we thank Roland for volunteering to share Route 66 history with us all.

The final lectures for the Route 66 Series are listed at www.route66speakers.org

10/31/2026

The Loma Colorado Main Library in Rio Rancho says: "We were honored to host Mr. Santillanes for his lecture this morning. I was hoping at some point we'd see Bugs Bunny make an appearance, and I was not disappointed! 🙂 We had 11 attend, which is a little less than our usual number for this series, but likely due to the rainy weather. Mr. Santillanes was a pleasure to work with. Thanks so much - see you one final time in November!"

This was Abraham Santillanes final talk, and we thank him for volunteering all year to tell us about Route 66 history. The final lectures for the entire Route 66 Series are listed at www.route66speakers.org

10/30/2026

Hazel Lathrop kept an audience of 25 spellbound with her stories of the Tijeras Canyon on October 24th.

Hear Hazel's last talk for 2026 at the Central & Unser - Patrick J Baca Library on November 28th at 11am.

See the full schedule at www.route66speakers.org

10/30/2026

SCHEDULE PAGE TWO. A dozen different speakers at a dozen locations around the greater Albuquerque area will tell stories of the Mother Road! Free! Saturday, November 28, 11am. Last lectures for the Route 66 Series! The full 2026 schedule is at: https://www.route66speakers.org/

10/30/2026

SCHEDULE, PAGE ONE. A dozen different speakers at a dozen locations around the greater Albuquerque area will tell stories of the Mother Road! Free! Saturday, November 28, 11am. Last lectures for the Route 66 Series! The full 2026 schedule is at: https://www.route66speakers.org/

10/22/2026

October schedule, page one

10/22/2026

October schedule, page two

10/20/2026

Learn fun Route 66 history at locations from Bernalillo to Los Lunas, and Rio Rancho to Tijeras on Saturday, October 24, 11am. See all speakers and locations at: https://www.route66speakers.org/

10/18/2026

Learn fun Route 66 history at locations from Bernalillo to Los Lunas, and Rio Rancho to Tijeras on Saturday, October 24, 11am. See all speakers and locations at: https://www.route66speakers.org/

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Address

PO Box 106
Tijeras, NM
87059

Website

https://www.eastmountainhistory.org/events

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