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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. -- Caretakers of Abraham Lincoln's tomb are on the defensive over an unflattering critique in National Geographic magazine and looming budget cuts that could threaten management ...
LeClaire-based Autumn Leaf Productions is launching a fundraising campaign to produce a comprehensive documentary on President Abraham Lincoln's tomb and monument in Springfield.
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 ...
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.
Illinois State Museum, the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Lincoln's Tomb, and Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site will be open with regular hours.
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.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Capital Development Board says the grass won't be the only thing 'green' at the Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site in the near future.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Copper thieves have struck at Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield. An employee recently noticed that a copper statue atop the tomb was missing a 3-foot-long sword.