2003 Lincoln Highway Anniversary Cross Country Tour Quick Fact Sheet

Who?
The Lincoln Highway Association, and it’s state chapters. The Lincoln Highway Association is a national organization dedicated to the recognition, preservation, appreciation and enjoyment of America’s First Transcontinental Highway.
For membership information contact:
The Lincoln Highway Trading Post, P.O. Box 6088, Canton, Ohio 44706,
For tour information contact: Tour event committee chairs:
Bob Lichty and Rosemary Rubin, 1330 Fulton Road NW., Canton, OH 44703, Telephone (330) 456-7869 or 330-704-5271, email: rrubin@neo.rr.com

Lincoln-Mercury is the “Official” support vehicle sponsor for the tour. Watch for the latest and most exciting Lincoln vehicles traveling with us on the Lincoln Highway!

What?
A cross country tour to honor the 90th Anniversary of the formation of the Lincoln Highway Association and the 75th Anniversary of the dedication of the road via the erection of concrete directional posts by the Boy Scouts of America. The tour will host vehicles of all types, ages and sizes with an emphasis on vintage vehicles. Celebrations will be held at each terminus as well as mid-point in the tour. Other chapters along the route are also planning special commemorative events. Vehicles will travel approximately 225 miles per day.

When?
The group assembled August 16, 2003 at the Crown Plaza Meadowlands in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tour itself commenced at the eastern terminus of the Lincoln Highway at Times Square in Manhattan, New York City. The tour will end at the Legion of Honor, at Lincoln Park, in San Francisco, California on the actual 75th Anniversary of the post erections by the Boy Scouts of America, on September 1, 2003. There will be a wrap up party at the Holiday Inn – Bay Bridge in Emeryville, California, that evening.

Where?
On as much of the original alignments of the Lincoln Highway, “America’s First Transcontinental Highway” as possible. The 3300 mile journey will cover every possible form of roadway from urban to rural. States to be covered include: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California.

Why?
To celebrate the 90th and 75th Anniversaries of America’s First Transcontinental Highway, the Lincoln Highway.  And, because much of the original road alignments of the Lincoln Highway are still traversable.  And, to bring attention to this great American historic highway and the pleasures of historic tourism. AND because it is going to be huge fun and we wanted to do it! The trip of a lifetime on America’s most historic highway! Anniversary dates: September 1, 1928, dedication of road completion via Boy Scouts erecting thousands of directional posts the same afternoon. October 31, 1913 roads marketing dedication with bonfires across America.

Sponsors and assisting bodies:
Auto Appraisal Group, AAA Mid-Atlantic, Ardell Brown Classics Cars, Bissman Co., Canton Classic Car Museum, Canton/Stark Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, Canton Systems Design, Chima Travel, Clinton Iowa Historical Society, Door Prairie Auto Museum, Frick Car and Carriage Collection, Grundy Insurance, Jones, Potato Chip Co., Kishman’s IGA, Leonard’s Truck & Trailer Sales, Lincoln Highway Association, Lincoln Highway Trading Post, Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, Lincoln-Mercury, Marshalltown Area Restorers Club, National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection,) National Studebaker Museum, Ohio Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, Overland Hotel, RM Auctions, Spread Eagle Tavern, Sign Pro Signs, Superior Dairy, Sweetwater County Historical Museum, Timber Wolf Trailers, Times Square BID., USA World Classic, Victory Lane Magazine, Wayne County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Wyoming Territorial Prison. Plus, all the state chapters of the Lincoln Highway Assoc.