Lincoln Highway 100th Anniversary Tour and Celebration in 2013
In 2013, the Lincoln Highway Association will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Highway by conducting an Official Lincoln Highway Centennial Tour of the road in June 2013. The tour will have both an East Tour and a West Tour, starting simultaneously in New York and San Francisco, and meeting midpoint in Kearney, Nebraska for a celebration June 30 – July 2 at the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, in conjunction with the Lincoln Highway Association 2013 conference.
An independent international motor tour will also tour the highway on July 1–26. One hundred classic cars will be shipped to the United States and driven the entire route before they are shipped back to Europe.
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