Oak Ridge Cemetery
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.
On April 15, 1865, the day after President Lincoln's assassination, a group of Springfield citizens, learning that the body would be returned to Illinois for burial, formed the National Lincoln Monument Association and spearheaded a drive for funds to construct a memorial/tomb. Upon arrival of the corpse on May 3, it lay in state in the capitol for a night, and after the funeral the next day was placed in a receiving vault, constructed ca. 1860, at Oak Ridge Cemetery, the site Mrs. Lincoln had requested for burial. Funeral services for Abraham Lincoln on May 4, 1865.
During the month of December of 1865, Lincoln's remains were removed to a temporary vault not far from the proposed memorial site. In 1871, or 3 years after laborers had begun constructing the tomb, the body of Lincoln and those of the three youngest of his sons were placed in crypts in the unfinished structure.
In 1960 the Tomb was designated a National Historic Landmark and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
Lincoln's Stone Casket The remains of Abraham Lincoln are within the stone casket
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Gold Leaf Ceiling
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Lincoln Inaugural Speech Placard Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address - April 10, 1865
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Back of Lincoln Sculpture
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Oblisk
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Tree next to Grave Marker Abraham Lincoln's original grave marker location.
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Abraham Lincoln Grave Marker Original location of where Lincoln was buried.
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Lincoln Pennies on Grave Marker Pennies for Lincoln's original grave site.
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Oak Ridge Cemetary East Gate
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