Oklahoma's favorite son can now tag along for all your adventures, as part of a new campaign celebrating the centennial of Route 66, next year.

The Oklahoma Route 66 Association is distributing laminated paper caricatures of Will Rogers that stand about 11 inches tall.

The idea is a nod to "Flat Stanley," a book published in the 1960s that many school children have done projects with over the years.

The Oklahoma Route 66 Association is encouraging families to bring "Flat Will" on their travels along the Mother Road, and anywhere else they might go.

People are encouraged to take pictures along the way and share them on social media with the hashtag "Flat Will."

Rachel O'Donnell with the Will Rogers Memorial Museum said people may not realize that Route 66 was also called the Will Roger

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