Where I live in New York City I lead a walking tour about “gay bars that are gone” and people who attend share histories and sometimes memories from LGBTQ spaces, dating as far back as the 1870s. The subject of gay bars from the past really interests me. While I traveled Route 66 with the National Trust from Chicago to Springfield, Missouri, I documented places in communities along the iconic highway that historically welcomed gay travelers. ![]() As one of the first cross-country highways, Route 66 connected refugees from the Dust Bowl to safety in the 1930s, troops to military bases during World War II, and post-war Americans to California and the western states in the 1950s and onwards. It weaves past small towns, big cities, national parks, roadside attractions, and also. Route 66, a National Treasure of the National Trust, winds its way some 2,400 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles.
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