Abraham Lincoln’s assassination ... During the weeks after Lincoln’s death, as his funeral train made a circuitous journey from Washington, D.C., back to his hometown of Springfield, Illinois ...

An Abraham Lincoln historian who’s working on a documentary about the Great Emancipator’s Funeral Train will give a talk to the Calumet City Historical Society Sunday. Lincoln Special ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains ... before being transported by train to his gravesite in Springfield, Illinois. The funeral train stopped in many ...

Our first history program of the year will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m., at the Vernon County History Center in ...

Farmers in Lincoln, Nebraska started a food train to honor Abe’s birthday (Feb. 12) and collect donations to feed the ...

The tradition, however, was largely altered back in 1865 during the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln. “It was the first time that the President's body was moved by train," Michael Shymanski ...