"It is a name to conjure by. It calls to the heroic.
It enrolls a mighty panorama of fields and woodlands;
of humble cabins and triumphant farm homes
and cattle on a thousand hills;
burrowing mines and smoking factories;
winding brooks, commerce laden rivers and horizon lost oceans.
And because it binds together all these wonders
and sweeps forward till it touches the end of the earth
and the beginning of the sea it is to be named the "Lincoln Highway".
It brings back to us the lank figure of the growing boy
walking the country roadway with borrowed books;
the dreaming out, surveying and building of his highway of the soul,
that should stretch from that mysterious ocean of the past, whence he came,
to the mysterious ocean of the eternal, to which he would go;
a highway along whose everyday travel he had a gentle word for the sorrowing,
a hand for the one in trouble, a sharp prod for the indifferent,
a word of council for the perplexed, an inspiration for the doubtful, and love for all;
the highway of the soul of the "Great American".
Rev. Frank G. Brainard
First Congregational Church
Ogden, Utah
September 21, 1913
Therefore, Be it Resolved,
That The Lincoln Highway Now Is And Henceforth
Shall Be An Existing Memorial In Tribute To,
That Great Martyred Patriot-
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
A Perpetual Memorial
The Lincoln Highway
"The Lincoln Highway will never be finished.
You and I will be able to drive over it from New York to San Francisco in 1915.
Perhaps ten years from now every mile will be of concrete,
but there will always be something more to do, some improvement to make.
Not only is the Lincoln Highway a perpetual memorial,
but a road to be perpetuated by the energies of future generations.
We are only laying the foundations now."
The best minds in the country are "laying the foundation now"
for the beautification of the Lincoln Highway ..."
"They are working today that the tourist of fifty and one hundred years from now
may cross the country over the most beautiful and inspiring roadway in the world."
"The Lincoln Highway is to be something more than a road-
It will be a road with personality, a distinctive work
of which the Americans of future generations can point with pride-
an economic but also artistic triumph."
Carl D. Fisher, Founder
The Lincoln Highway
Chicago, Illinois
1914
The Lincoln Highway
By: M. E. Buhler
Motor Field Magazine
Denver, Colorado
February 1914
To Read
"O Captain! My Captain!"
By Walt Whitman
On the Occasion of Mr. Lincoln's Passing
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1951--The Eternal Light--1951
The Lincoln Highway Episode
Lincoln Birthday
Special Presentation
February 12, 1951
An Anthology of Carl Sandburg Poems
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For Information on
1839--Frances McEwen Belford--1921
"Mother Of The Lincoln Highway"
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For Information on
The 1st Annual
2008--Liberty Enlightening the World--2008
"Lincoln & Liberty"
Global Essay Contest
January 12th thru February 12th
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For Information on
The 2nd Annual
2009--Liberty Enlightening the World--2009
"Lincoln & Liberty"
Global Essay Contest
Lincoln Is The Key
A New Birth of Freedom
Strengthening The Arm Of Liberty
January 12th thru February 12th
Deadline:
Midnight
February 9, 2009
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For Information on
The 3rd Annual
2010--Liberty Enlightening the World--2010
"Lincoln & Liberty"
Global Essay Contest
Abraham Lincoln
"The Nobel"
and
"The Quest"
for
"Peace!"
January 12th thru February 24th
Deadline:
4:30 PM
February 24, 2010
in honor of
Colonel Edward D. Baker
Senator From Oregon
Defender of Liberty
Close Friend of Abraham Lincoln
Killed At The Battle of Ball's Bluff
Born: February 24, 1811
Died: October 21, 1861
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For Information on
The 1st Annual
2008--Liberty Enlightening the World--2009
"Lincoln & Liberty"
Global Art Contest
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April 15, 2008 thru February 12, 2009
Deadline:
Midnight
February 5, 2009
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For Information On
2008--What Abraham Lincoln Means To Me--2009
A Collection Of
"Letters & Essays"
Written By
World Leaders
February 12, 2008 - February 12, 2009
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For Information On
2006--Light Around the World--2006
93rd Anniversary
Dedication of the Lincoln Highway
October 31, 2006
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To Download
1970--Earth Day--2010
The 40th Anniversary
April 22, 2010
Press Release
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For Information On
1836--Electric Vehicles--2010
that..
"I Guarantee"
will..
"Blow Your Mind!!"
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For Information On
1915--The Powell Lever Motor--1944
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To Learn More About
1939--Mickey Rooney--1970
as
George M. Cohan
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For Information on
1777--Flag Day History--2007
230th Anniversary
Presidential Flag Day Proclamations
Presidential Flag Day Files
Legislative History
First Flag Day in Hartford, CT
First Flag Day Resolution
Flag Day Founders
150th Anniversary Proclamations-1927
230th Anniversary Proclamations-2007
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For Information on
1916--Flag Day--2006
"The Greatest Flag Day Celebration in American History"
90th Anniversary
Nationwide Lincoln Highway Celebration
New York - Washington, DC - San Francisco
First Presidential Flag Day Proclamation
Washington Preparedness Parade
June 14, 2006
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For Information on
1913--Great Seal of the United States--2007
225th Anniversary
June 20, 2007
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For Information on
H.R. 5419
"State Admission Day Recognition Act of 2006"
"To honor the anniversary of each State's admission to the Union,
the Architect of the Capitol shall fly the flag of the State over the Capitol
each year on the anniversary of the date of the State's Admission to the Union."
Introduced by:
Mr. Dan Lungren,
Member of Congress
California
3rd Congressional District
May 18, 2006
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To View
1915--The Lincoln Highway Feeder--2005
90th Anniversary
July 27, 2005
Philadelphia - Chester, PA
Wilmington, DE
Elkton - Havre de Grace - Bell Air - Baltimore, MD
Washington, DC,
Rockville - Gaithersburg - Frederick - Thurmont - Emmitsburg, MD
Gettysburg, PA
Lincoln Highway Day Proclamation
Mayor Anthony A. Williams
February 12, 2005
Lincoln Highway Day Resolution
Council of the District of Columbia
July 27, 2005
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For Information On
1930--Lincoln, The Mystic--1930
Lincoln Park-Jersey City
Eastern Terminus-Lincoln Highway
Sponsored By:
Lincoln Association of Jersey City
Principle Speaker:
Dr. John Wesley Hill
June 14, 1930
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For Information On
Lincoln Laureates
The Order of Lincoln
The Lincoln Academy of Illinois
Annual Presentation
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For Information On
The Lincoln Pilgrimage
80th Anniversary
First Lincoln Pilgrimage
and...
The Lincoln Pilgrimage Train
70th Anniversary
First Union Pacific Streamliner Service
Lincoln Park--Lincoln Shrine--Lincoln Memorial
San Francisco-Los Angeles-Chicago-New York-Washington
Spirit of the Lincoln Way-Amtrak Superliner Service
January 24 - February 12, 2004
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1925--America's First Trackless Train--1926
"Good Roads & Good Movies"
Transcontinental Tour
Sponsored By
Metro-Goldwyn Studios
March 30, 1925 - March 22, 1926
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All Aboard
1947--The Freedom Train--1949
Sponsored By
American Heritage Foundation
September 17, 1947 - January 22, 1949
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For Information On
1924--The Coolidge-Dawes Lincoln Tour--1924
First Presidential Campiagn Caravan
New York-Sacramento-Los Angeles-San Francisco-Bellingham
September 8 - November 3, 1924
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For Information On
1928--The Boy Scouts Of America--1928
Lincoln Highway
Safety Tour
New York To Golden Gate
July 6 - August 8, 1928
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Learn to Look Through
"Lincoln's Eyes"
By Franklin K. Lane
Keystone Americanism Program
February 12, 1920
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To View
1863--The Gettysburg Address--2003
By James Daugherty
140th Anniversary Celebration
November 19, 2003
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To Read
Twenty Days
A Series of E-Mails
Beginning
April 15, 2003
138th Anniversary
Mr. Lincoln's Passing
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To Read Director's
"Official Comments"
concerning
National Park Service
Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study
Beginning
August 27, 2004
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To View
Associated Press
Lincoln Photos
Submitted By
The Lincoln Highway
National Museum & Archives
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For Information On
1916--Claire Rochester--1916
Statue of Liberty Illumination Fund
Transcontinental Tour
via
The Lincoln Highway
June 27, 1916 - July 10, 1916
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For Information On
1931--Amelia Earhart--1931
Travels The Lincoln Highway
Beech-Nut
Transcontinental Autogiro Tour
May 28, 1931 - June 22, 1931
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For Information On
"The Day Mr. Lincoln Came to Town"
"The Unfinished Journey"
"Celebrating America's Spirit Together"
"Spirit of the Lincoln Way"
Washington, DC
New York, NY to San Francisco,CA
July 29, 2001-July 4, 2002
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To Read
E-mails From the Road
A Collection of Stories
"Celebrating America's Spirit Together"
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For Index of News Stories
Long Journey into History
"Spirit of the Lincoln Way"
Millennium Tour 2000-2002
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For the Complete Story of
America's Fire Truck
"Spirit of the Lincoln Way"
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