The U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday it will unveil a Route 66 Forever stamp Sunday at the Pasadena Museum of History as part of a community event celebrating the famed highway’s upcoming 100th anniversary.
The Pasadena Post Office will also offer a special commemorative Route 66 postmark during the museum’s Crafting Memories event, which will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 470 W. Walnut St. Admission is free.
Pasadena Postmaster Brenton Schaeffer and representatives of the museum will unveil the Route 66 stamp at noon.
Attendees will be able to purchase stamps and obtain the special postmark. The Postal Service will also operate a letter-writing station where visitors can write and send letters.
“It is an honor to celebrate Route 66 in Pasadena with this special commemorative stamp and cancellation,” Schaeffer said. “I can’t think of a better way to craft memories than by crafting a letter from the heart to someone you love.”
The commemorative postmark will remain available at the Pasadena Post Office for 30 days after Sunday’s event.
Officials said people unable to attend can obtain the postmark by mail by placing properly stamped and addressed envelopes or postcards inside a larger envelope and sending them to Pasadena Post Office, Attn: Pasadena Postmaster, 600 Lincoln Ave., Pasadena, CA 91109.
Route 66 was established Nov. 11, 1926, and originally stretched about 2,400 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles.
The Postal Service is marking the highway’s centennial with stamps featuring photographs by David Schwartz and art direction by Greg Breeding.
The images feature landmarks in each of the eight states through which Route 66 passes. The stamps are being issued in panes of 16.