Barstow 11月14日庆祝66号公路通车百年：Main Street遗产公园剪彩，百年时间胶囊同步亮相
位于加州圣贝纳迪诺县的 Barstow 市政府11月4日发布新闻稿宣布，该市将于11月14日（周六）上午10时至下午3时举行免费社区庆典，纪念美国66号公路（U.S. Route 66）通车100周年，并为新建成的 Main Street Heritage Park（遗产公园）剪彩。66号公路的官方百年纪念日为11月11日。
庆典将在 First Avenue 与 Main Street 交口的遗产公园举行，内容包括剪彩仪式、古董车展示、现场音乐、餐车、零售摊位与家庭活动。庆典上还将揭晓官方的「66号公路百年时间胶囊」及其纪念牌——胶囊装满了 Barstow 社区各机构提供的象征性物品，封存后50年内不会再开启。
市长 Tim Silva 表示：「我在 Barstow 长大，一直相信这里有很多值得看的东西。人们从世界各地来到66号公路旅行，我希望他们能在我们的 Main Street 上多停留一会儿。随着遗产公园开放，我们给了游客多一个停下来的理由，也给了居民一个可以享受、值得自豪的新去处。」
遗产公园前身是位于 First Avenue 与 Main Street 的66号公路袖珍公园，现已建有无障碍步道、遮阳棚、座椅与绿化景观，并竖立了新的纪念标识，公园名称由居民参与选定。该项目是 Barstow 市 Main Street 一期改造工程的一部分。66号公路母亲之路博物馆（Route 66 Mother Road Museum）共同所有人 Brendan O'Brien 表示，一百年来，人们仍从世界各地来到 Barstow，在同一条 Main Street 上走一走，发现让「母亲之路」闻名的故事。
新闻稿介绍，早在66号公路把旅行者带向西部之前，Barstow 已是莫哈韦沙漠中的铁路枢纽。1925年，Main Street 迁至日后成为66号公路的路线上，迎来了前往加州的「尘暴」移民家庭与一代代公路旅行者；如今历史悠久的 Main Street 仍保留着那个年代的彩色壁画与复古汽车旅馆招牌。附近建于1911年的 Casa del Desierto Harvey House 是66号公路母亲之路博物馆所在地，首家 Del Taco 餐厅的原址也诉说着这座城市的路边文化史。Barstow 面积约41平方英里、居民约2.5万人，15号、40号州际公路与58号州道在此交汇。
（来源：Barstow市政府）
Barstow to Celebrate 100 Years of Route 66 on November 14 With Heritage Park Ribbon Cutting and Centennial Time Capsule Reveal
The City of Barstow, in San Bernardino County, California, announced on November 4 that it will mark the centennial of U.S. Route 66 with a free community celebration and the ribbon cutting of the new Main Street Heritage Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 14. The event follows the highway's official 100th anniversary on November 11.
The celebration, at First Avenue and Main Street, will feature a ribbon cutting, classic cars, live music, food trucks, retail vendors and family activities. The city will also reveal its official Route 66 Centennial Time Capsule and plaque, filled with symbolic items from agencies across the Barstow community and sealed for 50 years.
"Having grown up in Barstow, I've always believed we have so much here worth seeing," said Mayor Tim Silva. "People come from around the world to travel Route 66, and I want them to spend some time right here on our Main Street. With the opening of Heritage Park, we're giving visitors another reason to stop and our residents another place to enjoy and take pride in."
Formerly the Route 66 Pocket Park, Heritage Park now features accessible pathways, shade canopies, seating, landscaping and a new monument sign, and residents helped choose its name. The project is part of the city's first phase of Main Street improvements. "For generations, Barstow was one of the places travelers counted on as they crossed the Desert," said Brendan O'Brien, co-owner of the Route 66 Mother Road Museum. "One hundred years later, people still come from around the world to experience Route 66. Here in Barstow, they can walk the same Main Street and discover the stories that made the Mother Road famous."
Long before Route 66 carried travelers west, Barstow was a railroad crossroads in the Mojave Desert. In 1925, Main Street moved to the route that would become U.S. Highway 66, welcoming Dust Bowl families heading to California and generations of road-trippers. Nearby, the 1911 Casa del Desierto Harvey House is home to the Route 66 Mother Road Museum. Barstow covers about 41 square miles, is home to about 25,000 residents, and sits where Interstates 15 and 40 and State Route 58 converge.
(Source: City of Barstow)
来源：Barstow市政府
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图片来源：图：Barstow 的 Casa del Desierto Harvey House，建于1911年，现为66号公路母亲之路博物馆所在地。CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Casa del Desierto Harvey House in Barstow, built in 1911 and now home to the Route 66 Mother Road Museum. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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