One hundred fifty years ago the American Civil War had just ended and our nation was mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln. Events are planned this week in Columbia County to mark the anniversary of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- It appears a re-creation of President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train will not take its voyage after all. Organizers were unable to raise the $250,000 needed for the trip ...

BLOOMINGTON — When the Lincoln funeral train passed through Bloomington at 5 a.m. May 3, 1865, "the depot was handsomely dressed in mourning, and about 5,000 persons were assembled to ...

The story of President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train will be the topic for the Vernon County Historical Society’s first free public program of 2025. Civil War historian and re-enactor Frederick ...

One hundred sixty years ago this week, the nation was in mourning following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On April 21, 1865, the president’s body began its journey from the capital to his ...

While I agree that local Northwest Indiana businesses will benefit from housing the Lincoln funeral train here, I firmly believe it should be a national treasure vs. a local sightseeing stop.

OWASCO | There were not enough chairs to seat all the people who came to hear Cayuga Community College professor John Lamphere speak about President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train and legacy Saturday ...

One of two flags that flew from the locomotive of the Lincoln funeral train on the route between Albany and Utica, New York On April 19, 1865, an estimated 25 million Americans attended memorial ...