The Indiana Lincoln Highway Association has two upcoming events to suit your two-lane road adventures. The first is the Indiana Landmarks’ Lincoln Highway Adventure and Moveable Feast on July 21, 2012, and the other is the Centennial Kickoff Celebration event in Indianapolis on September 21-22, 2012.
Lincoln Highway Adventure
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The Indiana Landmarks’ Lincoln Highway Adventure will explore the historic Lincoln Highway Byway’s 1913 route through St. Joseph, Elkhart, and Noble Counties on July 21, 2012. The adventure is a partnership of the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association and Indiana Landmarks.
This year, adventurers will follow the highway east from South Bend through scenic landscapes; explore historic sites, and enjoy dining and shopping in towns along the route, including Mishawaka, Elkhart, Goshen, Ligonier, Kimmell, and Wolf Lake. They will end the day in Ligonier, where the Movable Feast showcases landmarks including the 1889 Ahavas Sholom Temple, 1899 Solomon Mier House, 1839 Stone’s Trace Historic Site, 1879 Kimmell House, and 1930 Luckey Hospital Museum.
Each registered vehicle will receive an Adventure Bag with a dash plaque, discount coupons, and Adventure Passport Booklet containing information about sites along the route with turn-by-turn directions. Check in via FourSquare or stay connected through your other favorite social media during the adventure. The Lincoln Highway Adventure welcomes families, car clubs and caravans.
For more information, contact Indiana Landmarks’ Northern Regional Office, 574-232-4534, north@indianalandmarks.org, or the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association website http://indianalincolnhighway.org. Buy tickets to the adventure and the Movable Feast online at http://adventure2012.eventbrite.com/
The Lincoln Highway Centennial Kickoff Celebration in Indianapolis on September 21-22, 2012, is your chance to experience the place where it all began…inspired by Hoosier visionary Carl G. Fisher. The event features two days of festivities relating to Fisher’s announcement of the country’s first transcontinental highway in September 1912.
Lincoln Highway Centennial Kickoff
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On Friday, Sept. 21st: Tours include the Carl Fisher and James Allison Estates at Marian University, visit to Crown Hill Cemetery to auto industrialist gravesites and tour of the historic Stutz Building. Optional IMAX film on historic roads in Indiana is in the evening at the Indiana State Museum, along with a book signing by Indiana auto historians/historic roads authors.
On Saturday, Sept. 22nd: A morning Indiana Auto Pioneer Tour interpreted by auto historian Dennis E. Horvath; a historic recreation of the luncheon at the Athenaeum, where Carl G, Fisher announced his vision for America’s first transcontinental road; Jeff Kuehl as Carl G. Fisher, The Father of the Lincoln Highway; and a unique Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway-built by Carl G. Fisher and three business partners.
For more information, contact Indiana Lincoln Highway Association Office, 574-210-6278. See the event registration form, www.IndianaLincolnHighway.org.
I feel that these are two excellent opportunities to experience some Indiana Lincoln Highway adventures. I look forward to welcoming you to Indianapolis on September 21 & 22. Come join the fun.
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