Flagler helps present classic "Route 66" episode filmed at the Ponce

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (05/28/2013)(readMedia)-- Visitors will be able to get their kicks on "Route 66" as Flagler College and the City of St. Augustine screen an episode of the classic 1960s TV series on June 6.

The 1964 episode "This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You," which was filmed in St. Augustine and Flagler College's Hotel Ponce de Leon, will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Plaza De La Constitución.

In addition, locals who were used as extras in the episode are being asked to come to the screening to be recognized.

The free event is being presented as part of the City of St. Augustine's Concerts in the Plaza series and will feature music by Lis and Lon Williamson with Rick Kuncicky before the showing.

The Plaza De La Constitución is at Cathedral and King Street in St. Augustine. For more info, call Laura Stevenson Dumas, Director of College Relations at Flagler College, at 904-819-6205 or the St. Augustine Public Affairs Department at 904-825-1004.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 24 majors, 29 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost; tuition is $23,690, including room and board. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for the historic beauty of its campus. The main building is Ponce de Leon Hall, built in 1887 as a luxury resort by Henry Flagler, who co-founded the Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.