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 ...

A display at the Pennsylvania Farm Show commemorates a tragic anniversary and a pivotal point in American history. A full-scale replica of a 4-4-0 steam locomotive is currently on display in the Farm ...

Editor's note: A version of this article was originally published in The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill., on Feb. 14, detailing the process used by an Elgin, Ill., team to replicate the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Just one black-and-white photo exists of the horse-drawn funeral coach used to carry Abraham Lincoln’s body in 1865 to its final resting place in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, ...

A steam locomotive pulling nine cars clanked and hissed past 2,000 Westville mourners en route to Michigan City 150 years ago, passing under archways accented in wreaths of evergreen and roses. On ...

Before President Abraham Lincoln was laid to rest, a train carried his body on a two-week funeral procession across the Northern U.S. states in 1865. Mourners from New York to Illinois gathered to see ...

If you died 200 years ago in America, your family would wash and dress your body and place it in a bed surrounded by candles to dampen the smell of decomposition. Your immediate family and friends ...

Following President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 15, 1865, the people of the United States of America came together to mourn the 16th president. Funeral services were held in Washington, D ...

A dried rose from the funeral bier of Abraham Lincoln has been discovered—intact—in a forgotten box at an Illinois museum. Sandy Vasko, director of the Will County Historical Museum and Research ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - In a story May 20 about the funeral ledger President Abraham Lincoln’s wife kept, The Associated Press erroneously reported the year of his death. Lincoln died in 1865, not ...

On April 30, 1865, Abraham Lincoln's funeral train, dubbed "The Lincoln Special," passed through Indianapolis on a 1,654-mile journey from Washington, D.C. to his burial site in Springfield, Illinois ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. One of two flags that flew from the ...