Celebration of Nations receives $50,000 grant from Missouri Route 66 Centennial Commission
Posted by Kimber Crull
Dancers perform at the Rolla band shell as part of Celebration of Nations in 2024. Photo by Blaine Falkena/Missouri S&T.
Celebration of Nations is poised to grow this year thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Missouri Route 66 Centennial Commission to expand and promote the festival.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2026, the original Route 66 ran from Chicago to Santa Monica, California. In Rolla it ran along Pine Street and was later rerouted to what is now I-44. Although Route 66 was functionally replaced by the interstate highway system, tourists from across the country and around the world still travel along the original route where possible.
Posted by Kimber Crull
