Curious Cbus investigates a viewer's question about a Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train. On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and following his death, his body traveled on a ...

CALUMET CITY | The funeral train that returned the body of Abraham Lincoln to Illinois after his assassination in 1865 never stopped here. But that does not mean local officials won't celebrate the ...

GREENFIELD — Being a bit of a history buff, Charlie Vetters couldn’t pass up the opportunity to commemorate the anniversary of the day President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train passed through ...

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 ...

Low, leaden clouds overhead that Friday morning 158 years ago this month set a somber tone. A locomotive chugged out of Washington railroad depot at precisely 8 a.m. It took two hours to reach ...

Throughout American history, certain funerals have transcended mourning to become collective acts of remembrance. From ...

The Lincoln Funeral Train traveled 1,654 miles from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois, giving millions along the route the chance to mourn the slain president who held together the house ...

The Ohio Statehouse was decorated in black in preparation for Lincoln's arrival. April, 1865. On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Following his death, his body traveled on a ...

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 ...

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