This year marks the 50th anniversary of Seattle’s Freeway Revolt and you are invited to join us in celebrating. Seattle ARCH (Activists Remembered, Celebrated and Honored) and six community councils (including your Montlake Community Club) are co-sponsoring a community open house on Sunday, September 23 This year marks the 50th anniversary of Seattle’s Freeway Revolt and you are invited to join us in celebrating. Seattle ARCH (Activists Remembered, Celebrated and Honored) and six community councils (including your Montlake Community Club) are co-sponsoring a community open house on , from 3-6 p.m. Two other events on September 19 and 26 will also showcase this important time in Seattle history.

Freeway Revolt 50th Anniversary Open House

Sunday, September 23, 3-6 pm

In1968, two grassroots organizations – Citizens Against the R.H. Thomson and Citizens Against Freeways – formed to challenge plans for a dense network of freeways in Seattle. These and other groups helped build a diverse, citywide coalition that took on powerful pro-highway forces and kept Seattle from becoming “the Los Angeles of the North.”

Learn about the dense network of freeways planned for Seattle and view flyers, letters and other materials from the citizens’ resistance at this free public event. Former activists will be on hand to share their experiences. Light refreshments will be served and visitors may drop in at any time.