A Route 66 Forever stamp will be unveiled in Pasadena Sunday as the U.S. Postal Service helps celebrate the famed highway’s 100th anniversary.
Pasadena Postmaster Brenton Schaeffer and representatives of the Pasadena Museum of History will unveil the stamp at noon Sunday during the museum’s Crafting Memories event at 470 W. Walnut St.
The event will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free.
The Pasadena Post Office will also offer a special commemorative Route 66 postmark, and attendees will be able to purchase stamps and obtain the cancellation.
The Postal Service will 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.