A replica of the ornate casket of Abraham Lincoln was displayed at the Spencer County Courthouse on Tuesday, April 15, 144 years after Lincoln was mortally wounded at Ford's Theater. He died the morning after the shooting.
Lincoln's funeral train carried his body from Washington to Springfield, Ill., creating a traveling spectacle that allowed an estimated one million people to view his open casket.
Each major stop from April 21 to May 4, 1865, involved large funeral processions. In Indianapolis, state historians say at least 50,000 Hoosiers filed past Lincoln's coffin, which was placed on display at the predecessor to Indiana's current Statehouse. Streets were lit by bonfires and torches as the casket was returned to Union Depot at midnight and loaded back onto the funeral train.
By planning your funeral in advance with Indiana Funeral Care, you can make your celebration of life as memorable as Lincoln's but at a fraction of the cost of typical funeral homes. Call us today at 1-866-570-0029 to find out about our complete church funeral services starting at $3,950 and our simple yet dignified cremation packages starting at just $890.
Lincoln's funeral train carried his body from Washington to Springfield, Ill., creating a traveling spectacle that allowed an estimated one million people to view his open casket.
Each major stop from April 21 to May 4, 1865, involved large funeral processions. In Indianapolis, state historians say at least 50,000 Hoosiers filed past Lincoln's coffin, which was placed on display at the predecessor to Indiana's current Statehouse. Streets were lit by bonfires and torches as the casket was returned to Union Depot at midnight and loaded back onto the funeral train.
By planning your funeral in advance with Indiana Funeral Care, you can make your celebration of life as memorable as Lincoln's but at a fraction of the cost of typical funeral homes. Call us today at 1-866-570-0029 to find out about our complete church funeral services starting at $3,950 and our simple yet dignified cremation packages starting at just $890.
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