Category: Events

8/5: Streetcars of Western Pennsylvania

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The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor is hosting a talk by Glenn Smeltzer on the West Penn Railways, an interurban streetcar system in Westmoreland and Fayette counties in Pennsylvania. The talk will be at the Lincoln Highway Experience in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Saturday, August 5, at 2:00 PM.

2012 Lincoln Highway Buy-Way: August 9-11

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The eighth annual Lincoln Highway Buy-Way takes place from Thursday, August 9 to Saturday, August 11. The yard sales will take place along the Lincoln Highway in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.

California chapter meeting on Sat 7/7

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Summer 2012 California Chapter Meeting
Saturday, July 7, 2012
12:00 noon–3:00 pm

Judy’s Place
1207 Pomona St
Crockett, CA 94525
(510) 787-7768
Google Map

Directions

  • From I-80, take Exit 27 – Crockett.
  • At the end of the exit ramp, turn left.
  • Go under the Carquinez Bridge for ½ mile. Judy’s Place is on right.
  • Parking is available along Pomona Street and nearby streets.

Judy’s Place will be closed to the general public during the meeting.

Lunch menu

  • Beef/Chicken Plates: Chile Verde, Fajita Plate, Bistec Ranchero or Chile Relleno
  • Vegetarian Plate: Quesadilla Plate stuffed with Cheese & Veggies

Meeting agenda

  • coach tour and cruise
  • officers’ & committee reports
  • online mapping
  • LH signs
  • LH 2012 National Conference report
  • LH 2013 Centennial Tour

Speaker

  • Lincoln Highway PowerPoint presentation by Paul Gilger

Post-meeting tour

  • Stroll across the Carquinez Bridge


Clarksville Day in California on Sat 5/5

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The Clarksville Region Historical Society is holding its sixth annual Clarksville Day this Saturday, May 5, in Clarksville, a ghost town along the Lincoln Highway near El Dorado Hills, California. The Lincoln Highway Association will have an exhibit at the event.

May 6: Lincoln Highway photography presentation in Latrobe, PA

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The Lincoln Highway Experience in Latrobe, Pennsylvania will a host a presentation by Richard Stoner on his Lincoln Highway photographs, on Sunday, May 6 at 2 PM. Reservations are recommended.

Lincoln Highway kiosk in La Porte, IN to be dedicated on May 5

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The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association invites the general public to a dedication of Indiana’s newest Lincoln Highway Byway interpretive kiosk on Saturday, May 5 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time (dedication ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. Central Time) in La Porte, Indiana.

Bob Lichty at the Packard Museum on February 18

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Bob Lichty, past president of the Lincoln Highway Association and former board member of the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, will be speaking at the National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio on February 18, 2012 from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon, on The Lincoln Highway Revisited.

For more information on the National Packard Museum, visit its website at packardmuseum.org.