A rare American flag that draped President Abraham Lincoln's casket during his 1865 funeral procession has found a new home ...
In the 19th century, cities faced a strange problem — too many dead and not enough space to bury them. The solution came by rail. Beginning in 1854, special funeral trains transported coffins and ...
An authority on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln said there may be holes in the story about an American flag that draped ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A 37-star, 8-foot-long American flag that covered Abraham Lincoln's casket on his funeral train hangs on the wall of Keens Steakhouse in New York City, U.S., February 16, 2026. REUTERS/Adam Gray A ...