SPRINGFIELD -- Thieves have nabbed a 3-foot-long copper sword atop Lincoln's Tomb in what is believed to be the first theft at the site in more than a century.

Lincoln's Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, is shown. Oak Ridge Cemetery is the nation’s second-most-visited cemetery behind Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — A new surveillance system will help protect Abraham Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield from vandalism and theft. Two companies — A-1 Corporate Hardware of Springfield and the ...

Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield is reported to be haunted. Photo courtesy of Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Photo courtesy of Illinois Historic Preservation Agency ...

One of several statuary groups installed at Lincoln's Tomb. A rearing horse with a soldier standing on its proper left side and a second soldier falling backwards off of the horse. This piece is ...

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. - President Barack Obama on Thursday used the 200th birthday celebration of Abraham Lincoln's hometown to launch a spirited defense of activist government - implicitly tying it to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Thieves have nabbed a 3-foot-long copper sword atop Lincoln's Tomb in what is believed to be the first theft at the site in more than a century.

During the construction and relocation period, "strange things" began to be reported, from sightings of Lincoln's ghostly visage itself to sobbing noises to footsteps. In 1876, an attempted grave ...