Ross Rowland, who spearheaded the American Freedom Train effort as a young man, recently told me how Wayne came to have the idea. Rowland had run away from home in the 1950s and fortuitously ended ...

As we fast approach the 250th anniversary of American independence, it’s time to get Wayne’s American Freedom Train back on the tracks as part of the quarter-millennium celebration.

The train idea was revived in 1976, the nation's bicentennial, as a 25-car American Freedom Train toured the nation. The route changed significantly, with tracks sometimes in less than ideal ...

By the time the Freedom Train wrapped up its journey in Miami on Dec. 31, 1976, it had traveled 25,833 miles across the continental United States, stopping in 138 cities and attracting 6,762,965 ...

The American Heritage Foundation unveiled a new slogan, “Freedom is Everybody’s Job,” and Irving Berlin wrote a catchy song, which débuted in a carefully coördinated media blitz, just ...

For $15 you could buy a ham and cheese sandwich aboard the American Freedom Train. The expensive sandwich was worth the priceless experience of riding in a car modeled after the 1890s. In October ...

The American Freedom Train was pulled by one of three enormous steam locomotives; as it visited cities throughout all 48 contiguous states from April 1st, 1975 through December 31st, 1976.

North Vietnam forces were circling Saigon when the "American Freedom Train" rolled into Albany in 1975. The museum-on-wheels was founded by Ross Rowland Jr. to celebrate the country's upcoming ...

The American Freedom Train was a tremendous success. During the bicentennial period, it traveled to all 48 contiguous states, stopped 138 times, and had an average of more than 50,000 visitors ...