2006

2012

2012

Lincoln's Second Funeral

2010

2004

2012

2016

2012

2009

​​​Hear the singing Lincolns in action!

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  Experience the life story of the Sixteenth

  President and learn about his struggle with 

  the American Civil War

 

2006

2006​

Lincoln Amphitheater, Indiana

Veteran's Day Parade, Nashville, TN

2022


2021

Time 2006

2008

Battle of Sacramento, KY

A few photographs from President Lincoln's travels over the years

2009

2006

Campfire talk with Gen. U. Grant

Play "Goin' North, Heading South"

2003

A Zoom Chat by President Lincoln

               Funeral rail car                   Funeral carriage hearse                Temporary vault

2007

2017

2005

2017

2012

Whit McMahan

portrays the life story of

President Abraham Lincoln

February 12th, 2021

2015

2016

2017

I had a rare opportunity to visit Abraham Lincoln's home town of Springfield, IL for the historic reenactment of his funeral May 1-3, 2015. On May 2, a replica of the original funeral car arrived at the Springfield Amtrac depot, symbolic of the 1,654 mile journey from Washington City following his assassination.  After a brief ceremony, a casket was removed and placed on the hearse, pulled by six all black horses.  The hearse wound around the streets of downtown and a ceremony was held honoring the passing President.


Following the ceremony, an all night vigil was held at the Illinois State Capitol. On Sunday, May 3rd, the hearse left the old State Capitol and proceeded through the streets of Springfield in route to Oak Ridge Cemetery.  Following a rather elaborate funeral, the President was symbolically laid to rest in the temporary receiving vault, just as it was on May 4, 1865. It was a monumental tribute to the event, exactly 150 years after it occurred.

President's Day

Scene from film "Soldier's Joy"

2017