The Lincoln Highway Arts Festival took place on September 27 in Mount Vernon, Iowa. It featured 32 artists from across Iowa working in a wide range of media.

• Lincoln Hwy. Arts Fest set for Sept. 27, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, September 17, 2008
• Students craft ‘No Place Like Home’ works, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, September 24, 2008
• Lincoln Highway Arts Festival fills uptown Mount Vernon Saturday, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, September 24, 2008
• Artists practice plein air to capture loss of historic Sutliff Bridge, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, September 24, 2008
• SUN EDITORIAL: A time to celebrate art, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, September 24, 2008
• Residents, visitors welcome ‘quality of art’ at Lincoln Hwy. Arts Fest, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, October 1, 2008

The Mexican Independence Festival in Rochelle, Illinois featured a parade along the Lincoln Highway.

• Weekend festival to feature food, bands and coronation, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, September 11, 2008

The Plainfield Historical Society held a cemetery walk to celebrate the town’s history. One of the performances along the walk told the story of the Lincoln-Way Barber Shop, one of many businesses to incorporate "Lincoln" into their names to try to influence officials deciding on the Lincoln Highway’s route.

• History to come alive at cemetery walk, The Herald News (Joliet, IL), September 11, 2008

The 11th annual Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival takes place this year on August 22–24 in downtown Rochelle, Illinois.

Newspaper articles on the festival:

• Parade to kick off with jet fly-over, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, August 18, 2008
• Enjoy the Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, August 18, 2008
• Let the fun begin, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, August 21, 2008

The Park Forest Historical Society [in Park Forest, Illinois] will hold kickoff its 2008-2009 program season with a program on the history of the Lincoln Highway.

The event will take place on Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. in the Village Board Meeting Room of the Park Forest Village Hall, located in Downtown Park Forest at 350 Victory Drive….

Cynthia Ogorek’s new book, The Lincoln Highway Around Chicago, published by Arcadia in March, will be featured in an "armchair tour" of the Highway from "The Ideal Section" in Schererville and Dyer, IN, to Geneva on the Fox River in Illinois.

• Historical Society to Explore Lincoln Highway, eNews Park Forest (Park Forest, IL), August 17, 2008

A three-day First Inaugural Tour of Lincoln Highway in Iowa began on August 8:

According to State Director of the Iowa Lincoln Highway Association, Jeff LaFollette, this three-day tour has been in the works for the past few years. He said that the purpose of this tour is to promote the Lincoln Highway and to educate people about the road and the surrounding areas.

• Lincoln Highway tour begins, Clinton (IA) Herald, August 8, 2008

Remembering one’s history is often a fond activity sitting down among friends and food. The Iowa Lincoln Highway Association is trying to transplant the activity from one’s living room to multiple cars across the state of Iowa in its first ever River to River Motor Tour.

• River to River Motor Tour drives through Boone, Boone (IA) News-Republican, August 7, 2008

The annual powwow at the Meskwaki Indian Settlement near Tama, Iowa, first became popular with tourists after the Lincoln Highway was built nearby.

• Meskwaki powwow begins Thursday, Waterloo-Cedar Falls (IA) Courier, August 6, 2008

The Iowa Lincoln Highway Association is bringing the first ever 2008 Motor Tour through Woodbine for lunch from 12:30-1:45 pm, August 10.

• Brick Streets pave the way to Woodbine, Logan (IA) Herald-Observer, August 6, 2008

With 350 yard sale events in its first year in 2005, the [Lincoln Highway Buy-Way] had 750 sales last year in Ohio and Indiana. This year, residents of Illinois will also join in the buy-way.

• Lincoln buy-way sales begin Thursday, Bucyrus (OH) Telegraph-Forum, August 5, 2008