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The Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery is an American military cemetery that covers 982 acres (397 ha) in Elwood, Illinois. It is located approximately 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Chicago, Illinois. When fully completed, it will provide 400,000 burial spaces.
Lincoln Cemetery is a historically African American cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois, United States. The cemetery is about 112 acres (45 ha) with over 16,000 interments.
This list of cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois includes currently operating, ... 15200 Lincoln Ave, Dolton: Oakridge Cemetery: 4301 West Roosevelt Road, Hillside:
This list of cemeteries in Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
The Lincoln Tomb is the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States; his wife Mary Todd Lincoln; and three of their four sons: Edward, William, and Thomas. It is located in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois .
A U.S. Marine who served in the Vietnam War and championed veterans issues in central Illinois died last week. Vietnam War veteran, proponent of veterans issues around Lincoln and central Illinois ...
Oak Ridge Cemetery is an American cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. The Lincoln Tomb, where Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of their children lie, is here, as are the graves of other prominent Illinois figures. Opened in 1860, it was the third and is now the only public cemetery in Springfield, after the City Cemetery and Hutchinson ...
Returning to the Lincoln, Anderson joins her son in the backseat, squeezing her thin frame between the window and the cooler full of Pepsi cans. Fischer hugs a pillow and drifts off to sleep. We pass a 100-car coal train and cattle waiting to be fed. The long drive, Bob says, is “a small price to pay.” He wasn’t sure what to do about his ...