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Abraham Lincoln - Funeral

Time: Friday Apr 21, 1865

Place: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.

Details: The late President lay in state, first in the East Room of the White House, and then in the Capitol Rotunda from April 19 through April 21. The caskets containing Lincoln's body and the body of his son Willie traveled for three weeks on the Lincoln Special funeral train. The train followed a circuitous route from Washington D.C. to Springfield, Illinois, stopping at many cities for memorials attended by hundreds of thousands.

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