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  Experience the life story of the Sixteenth

  President and learn about his struggle with 

  the American Civil War

 

2009

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.

2016

2003

2007

2006

Battle of Sacramento, KY

February 12th, 2021

Lincoln Amphitheater, Indiana

Scene from film "Soldier's Joy"

2012

2005

2006​

2010

Campfire talk with Gen. U. Grant

2017

2006

2012

2022

               Funeral rail car                   Funeral carriage hearse                Temporary vault

2004

​​​Hear the singing Lincolns in action!

Veteran's Day Parade, Nashville, TN

Lincoln's Second Funeral

2017

2008

2012

2009

A Zoom Chat by President Lincoln

2015


2021

Play "Goin' North, Heading South"

Time 2006

2017

President's Day

2012

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

2012

2006

2017

2016

Whit McMahan

portrays the life story of

President Abraham Lincoln