Lincoln's Tomb, Springfield Illinois
From the Illinois Channel archives... As the anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln approaches, we take another look at Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield and hear again why it is one of the most visited tourist sites in the nation
Abraham Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, IL
A short tour around the tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL..
Dedicated in 1874, Lincoln Tomb is the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary, and three of their four sons, Edward, William, and Thomas. The eldest son, Robert T. Lincoln, is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Also on the site is the public receiving vault, constructed ca. 1860, the scene of funeral services for Abraham Lincoln on May 4, 1865. In 1960 the Tomb was designated a National Historic Landmark and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
The 117-foot Tomb, designed by sculptor Larkin Mead, is constructed of brick sheathed with Quincy granite. The base is 72-foot square with large semi-circular projections on the north and south sides. Double sets of north and south stairs lead to a terrace, above which rises the obelisk. At the corners of the shaft, large pedestals serve as bases for four bronze sculptures, each with a group of figures representing one of the four Civil War services—infantry, artillery, cavalry, and navy. A taller base on the obelisk's south side holds a heroic bronze statue of Lincoln. At the Tomb entrance is a bronze reproduction of Gutzon Borglum's marble head of Lincoln, located in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Interior rooms of the Tomb are finished in a highly polished marble trimmed with bronze. The south entrance opens into a rotunda, where two corridors lead into the burial chamber. The rotunda and corridors contain reduced-scale reproductions of important Lincoln statues as well as plaques with excerpts from Lincoln's Springfield farewell speech, the Gettysburg Address, and his Second Inaugural Address. Lincoln's remains rest in a concrete vault ten feet below the marble floor of the burial chamber. A massive granite cenotaph marking the gravesite is flanked by the Presidential flag and flags of the states in which the Lincoln family resided. Crypts in the chamber's south wall hold the remains of Lincoln's wife and three of their sons.
We stopped off here during our three week tour of Route 66.
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Springfield War Memorials and Lincoln's Tomb
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A Tour of Lincoln's Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetary in Springfield, Illinois
Lincoln's Tomb, which serves as the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of his children, is located at Oak Ridge. A number of other prominent politicians and persons from Illinois are also buried at the cemetery.
As a result of Lincoln's Tomb, Oak Ridge is the second-most visited cemetery in the United States, after Arlington National Cemetery.
The Lincoln Memorial 4K UHD |Explore the Abraham Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, USA
The Lincoln Memorial, located on the western end of the National Mall in Washington DC is an American national memorial built to honor Abraham Lincoln (the 16th President of the United States). Please watch the video to explore the Lincoln Memorial in 4K ultra HD definition.
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7. People sitting on steps of Lincoln Memorial
8. WASHINGTON, D.C. - A reverse driving perspective on the Arlington Memorial Bridge with the Lincoln Memorial in the distance.
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Lowering the Flag Ceremony at Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, IL
Every Tuesday the 114th Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Civil War performs Civil War drills, firing of muskets and flag lowering events in front of the Lincoln Tomb.
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery - Memorial Day 2014 - Abe Lincoln / 3 Famous Interments
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From the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, IL.
The cemetery as of right now has only 3 famous interments and they are Theodore Hyatt, Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. John Edward Johnny Carter, Vocalist member of the Rhythm and Blues groups The Flamingos and The Dells. And George Edward Sangmeister, US Congressman. Elected to represent Illinois' 4th and 11th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1989 to 1995. He was also a member of the Illinois State House of Representatives from 1973 to 1977, the Illinois State Senate from 1977 to 1987, and was an unsuccessful candidate in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1986. Veteran of US Army Korean War. Note: He was instrumental in the acquisition of 982 acres from the former Joliet Arsenal and its redevelopment as the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S TOMB 2019
The Lincoln Tomb is the final resting place of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of their four sons, Edward, William, and Thomas. It is located in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.
Address: 1500 Monument Ave, Springfield, IL 62702
Opened: 1865
Hours:
Open ⋅ Closes 5PM
Burials: Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln II
Architect: Larkin Goldsmith Mead
Did you know: In 1900 the Lincoln Tomb located in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, was in need of repair and underwent a reconstruction.
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Lincoln's Unused Tomb, Part 1
Lincoln's Unused Tomb by Dr. Wayne C. Temple, Deputy Director of the Illinois State Archives. Recorded March 26, 2009 at the Illinois History Symposium, in Jacksonville, IL and sponsored by the Illinois State Historical Society. Part 1
My brother's funeral at Abraham Lincoln Veteran's cemetery in Joliet, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln's Tomb (2003)
Some people believe that Abraham Lincoln is buried at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Not so! Here is part of a home video I shot while visiting my kids in Illinois.
Lincoln's Tomb is in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, and is the final resting place of 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of their four sons. The monument is owned and administered by the State of Illinois as Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site.
On April 15, 1865, the day President Lincoln died, a group of Springfield citizens formed the National Lincoln Monument Association and spearheaded a drive for funds to construct a memorial or tomb. At the request of Robert Todd Lincoln, the President's only surviving son, the body was moved to its final resting place, a cement vault 10 feet below the surface of the burial room. In 1930-1931 the State reconstructed the interior of the memorial. Rededicated in the latter year by President Hoover, it has undergone little change since that time.
The tomb is in the center of a 12 1/2 acre plot. Constructed of Massachusetts granite, it has a rectangular base surmounted by a 117-foot-high obelisk and a semicircular entrance way. A bronze reproduction of sculptor Gutzon Borglum's head of Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rests on a pedestal in front of the entrance way. The burial room features black and white marble walls and a ceiling of gold leaf. At its center stands the cenotaph, a 7-ton block of reddish marble inscribed with Lincoln's name and the years he lived. It marks the approximate location of the burial vault. Nine flags are arranged in a semicircle around the cenotaph. Seven of them—the State flags of Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois—commemorate the homes of Lincoln and his ancestors. The eighth and ninth are the Stars and Stripes and the Presidential flag. The inscription Now he belongs to the ages, reputedly spoken by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton at the time of Lincoln's death, is inscribed in the wall above the U.S. Flag.
Taped: June 18, 2003
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BigRich Roams Abraham Lincoln's Tomb
Abraham Lincoln's Burial Tomb in Oakridge Cemetery, Springfield IL.
The Lincoln Tomb - Paranormal History Profile
The Lincoln Tomb
On November 9, 2017, Shawn and Marianne traveled to Springfield, Illinois to visit and pay their respects at the tomb of our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln in Oak Ridge Cemetery. In this video, we will discuss the history of the location, stories and information we have found, paranormal claims, and our personal experiences.
The Lincoln Tomb is the final resting place of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of their four sons, Edward, William, and Thomas. It is located in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. Constructed of granite, the tomb has a single-story rectangular base, surmounted by an obelisk, with a semicircular receiving room entrance-way, on one end, and semicircular crypt or burial room on the opposite side.
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Lincoln Tomb
The Lincoln Tomb in Springfield Illinois is the final resting place for Abraham Lincoln his wife Mary and 3 of their sons. For more information go to dnr.illinois.gov
CWRT April 2015 Michael Burlingame on: “The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln“
Dr. Michael Burlingame is a professor of history at the University of Illinois Springfield and holds the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies. Burlingame is considered a preeminent national Lincoln Scholar and has written several books on the history of the 16th president, as well as other books on the Civil War era. Dr. Michael Burlingame’s book Abraham Lincoln: A Life was picked by The Atlantic Monthly magazine as one of the top five books of 2009.
He has received the Abraham Lincoln Association Book Prize (1996), the Lincoln Diploma of Honor from Lincoln Memorial University (1998), Honorable Mention for the Lincoln Prize, Gettsyburg College (2001), and was inducted into the Lincoln Academy of Illinois in 2009.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A LIFE won the 2010 Lincoln Prize, sponsored by the Gilder-Lehrman Institute for American History and Gettysburg College, for the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, or the American Civil War soldier, or a subject relating to their era. It also was a co-winner of the annual book prize awarded by the Abraham Lincoln Institute of Washington, D.C., and won the Russell P. Strange Book Award given annually by the Illinois State Historical Society for the best book on Illinois history.
To quote Alan Guelzo’s review of “Abraham Lincoln: A Life”: “If you want to read for amusement, read Holzer's Lincoln, President-Elect or Lachman's The Last Lincolns. If you want to read for comprehension, read Burlingame, because from now and into the foreseeable future, Burlingame's is the touchstone biography everyone who aspires to the study of Lincoln must embrace, cite, read, and occasionally quarrel with.”
Ulysses S. Grant tomb/memorial in New York City
Walk through of the Ulysses S. Grant tomb and memorial in New York City
Abraham Lincoln's Journey Home: Springfield, Illinois
As the nation and the National Park Service commemorated the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's funeral in May 2015, National Park Service employees and representatives re-traced the route his funeral train took as it made its way from Washington DC to Springfield, Illinois. It was a celebration of the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln on the 150th anniversary of his national funeral.
This program was from the end-point in Springfield, IL, on May 3rd, 2015. The program was given at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site in Springfield. Program speakers include Fritz Klein, Duey Kol, and Vanessa Torres.
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Lincoln's Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery
Lincoln's Tomb was featured in the book Weird Illinois due to rumors of his ghost wandering the cemetery and due to the fact that he's been buried a couple of different places here, partly to discourage grave robbers. I'm visiting as many Weird Illinois sites as I can, so be sure to subscribe if you enjoy these oddities.