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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

A mighty engine that shimmered in the sun pulled President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train north. In all, a succession of 42 engines powered that train through its twisting course to Harrisburg, to ...

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 testify their ...

A copy of New York Central Railroad timetable for the Lincoln funeral train for April 27, 1865 from Rochester to Buffalo. Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train car, as seen in Chicago, 1865. The train made ...

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.

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.