Lincoln Highway Buy-Way is back

After a long hiatus, the Lincoln Highway Buy-Way is back Thursday, Aug. 10, through Saturday, Aug. 12.

Anyone along or close to Lincoln Highway is welcome to have a yard sale, garage sale, church rummage sale, bake sale, car wash and/or business sidewalk sale.

This year, there are two pricing levels for participating: $10 for a listing at illinoislincolnhighwayassocation.org with mapping, or $15 for a listing at illinoislincolnhighwayassocation.org with mapping and an official yard sale sign!

To sign up to participate for $10 via mail, complete the signup form at illinoislincolnhighwayassociation.org and mail it with a check or money order so that it can be received through the post office by Saturday, Aug. 5. Participants will provide their own yard/garage sale signage.

To participate for $15, including an official Lincoln Highway yard sale sign, register in person at the H. I. Lincoln Store/Lincoln Highway Interpretive Center at 136 N. Elm St., Franklin Grove, IL 61031. Yard sale registration is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, or from noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Register in person by Sunday, Aug. 6. You can print and bring in the signup form.

Anyone interested in buying instead of selling can check illinoislincolnhighwayassociation.org through Wednesday, Aug. 9, for the latest sale listings. There also will be citywide sales in Fulton.

The Lincoln Highway Buy-Way originated in 2005 across Ohio, and other Midwest states have joined. Established in 1913, the Lincoln Highway was the first coast-to-coast improved highway. It begins in Times Square in New York City and ends near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

In Illinois, it passes through cities such as Chicago Heights, Matteson, Frankfort, New Lenox, Joliet, Plainfield, Oswego, Aurora, Batavia, Geneva, Maple Park, Cortland, DeKalb, Malta, Creston, Rochelle, Ashton, Franklin Grove, Dixon, Sterling, Morrison and Fulton.

For information, email illinoislincolnhighwayassoc@gmail.com or call/text 815-751-2887.