Events

2024


Annual Geneva Concours d’Elegence

Classic Car Show, Sunday August 25, 2024 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Please see: genevaconcours.net for more information.



Annual Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival, Rochelle

Friday, August 17 to Sunday, August 19
Car & Motorcycle Show
Parade, and more!
Please see: lhhfest.com for more information!



Annual Lincoln Highway ‘BuyWay’ Yard Sale

Tentatively set for the second weekend in August, Thursday, August 8 through Saturday, August 10.
Set by the Ohio Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, see historicbyway.com/buy-way-yard-sale for yard sale tips!



Annual Lincoln Highway Association Conference and Pre-Conference Driving Tour, Post-Conference Driving Tour, and Post-Post Conference Driving Tour, Elkhart, Indiana, June 23 – June 30.

The Lincoln Highway Association’s Annual Conference will be hosted by the Indiana Chapter for 2024, with most of the conference taking place in Elkhart, Indiana. There will be short driving tours before and after the conference, with one starting at the Illinois border. Please see the links from the Lincoln Highway Association’s Website by clicking here.




100th Anniversary of the Ten Millionth Model T Traveling Sea to Sea, Approximately June 6 & 7 in Illinois

A very special historic Model T will be coming through Illinois, tentatively scheduled for June 6, traveling from Plymouth, IN to Sterling, IL, and leaving Sterling on June 7 and going to Cedar Rapids, IA. The late Dr. Alan “Doc” Hathaway’s family has his Ten Millionth Model T on loan at the Museum of American Speed. The storied Model T will take another epic ride across the Lincoln Highway celebrating its 100th Anniversary of its first cross country trip on the Lincoln Highway in 1924. The automobile previously drove across the Lincoln Highway at the 50th and 75th Anniversaries. The drive will begin on June 2nd in New York City and go westward to San Francisco. For more information, please click here.


The Museum of American Speed is in Lincoln, Nebraska.




12th Annual Lincoln Highway Car Show, Saturday, May 11th

The 12th Annual Lincoln Highway Car Show will take place in the center of Franklin Grove on Saturday, May 11th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Click here for a map. There will be awards for six classes of vehicles, a DJ, and vendors. Everyone welcome! For more information, click here for a flyer.




1928 Lincoln Highway Concrete Marker Dedication, Saturday, April 27th

Join the Flagg Township Museum in Rochelle for a 1928 Concrete Marker dedication on Saturday, April 27th, 11:00 a.m.!  In 1928, the Lincoln Highway Association organized the placement of over 2,400 concrete markers.  The Lincoln Highway Association turned to another organization found in every state to place the markers, with plenty of volunteers prepared to do heavy lifting, the Boy Scouts.  Thus, Boy Scouts all along the Lincoln Highway worked together to dig deep holes and lift the markers into place in September of 1928.  The Flagg Township Museum recently received a generous donation of a concrete marker and it will be dedicated on Saturday, April 27th at 11:00.  The event is free and everyone is welcome to attend! The Flagg Township Museum is at 518 4th Ave, Rochelle, IL 61068.


Dogs are welcome to join, too for Dog Day at the Iron Fountain!  The museum’s outdoor Iron Fountain will be turned on for the family pooch to enjoy cool water.  Originally constructed as a water fountain for people and a lower trough for horses, today, dogs enjoy lapping water from the lower trough during the warmer months.




National Historic Marker Day, Friday, April 26th

The William G. Pomeroy Foundation held the first National Historic Marker Day in 2021 to bring attention to the nearly 200,000 historical markers found throughout the United States. It is held annually on the last Friday of the month of April, in preparation for the summer travel season. Markers need a regular cleaning, and there is a how-to video on the National Historic Marker Day Webpage on the importance of cleaning markers, and how to clean them.




Annual Red, White, and Blue Tour, Last Weekend in April

The First Annual Red, White, and Blue Tour is set to begin on Friday, April 26th, running through to Sunday, April 28th, 2024!  The Red, White, and Blue Tour kicks off the beginning of the season of weekend spring driving trips, leading up to the summer vacation time.  Museums all along the Lincoln Highway will have their doors open to greet travelers.  This self-guided tour is set for the last weekend in April, but it can be taken anytime between May and October, before some museums close temporarily during the winter.


Find a printable list of museums and primary places to visit on the Lincoln Highway in Illinois by clicking here.



Anytime! Self-Guided Driving Tour of the Lincoln Highway, the U.S. Grant Memorial Highway, Route 31, and the Great River Road in a scenic and historical loop around northern Illinois. For more information and driving instructions, please see this PDF: Lincoln-and-Grant-Memorial.pdf



 


2023

Thursday, October 12th, 7:00 p.m. Illinois Chapter, Lincoln Highway Association ‘West’ Interest Meeting, Lincoln Highway National Interpretive Center, 136 N. Elm St., Franklin Grove, IL, 61031




 Thursday, September 14th, 6:30 p.m., Illinois Chapter, Lincoln Highway Association Interest ‘East’ Meeting, Plainfield Opera House Steak & Seafood Restaurant



 


Friday, August 11 and Saturday, August 12, Annual Lincoln Highway Buy-Way Yard Sales

 


  

2022


Lincoln Highway Association Annual Conference

Pre-Conference, Saturday, June 18 – Sunday, June 19

Conference, Monday, June 20 – Thursday, June 24