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1865 illustration of Lincoln burial (Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper) The receiving vault (foreground) and the tomb (background)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.
The first national memorial to Abraham Lincoln was the historic Lincoln Highway, the first road for the automobile across the United States of America, which was dedicated in 1913, predating the 1921 dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., by nine years.
Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln (December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882). She was buried July 19, 1882, in one of the family crypts in the Lincoln Tomb. In the night of July 21, 1882, Mary Todd's casket was secretly taken from the crypt and at Robert Todd Lincoln's (her eldest son) request, buried alongside the President.
South Carolina: 8 Martin Van Buren [58] July 24, 1862: Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery Kinderhook: New York: 9 Richard M. Johnson [59] November 19, 1850: Frankfort Cemetery: Frankfort: Kentucky: 10 John Tyler [60] January 18, 1862: Hollywood Cemetery: Richmond: Virginia: 11 George M. Dallas [61] December 31, 1864: Churchyard of St. Peter's ...
Lincoln's Portrait, depicted on Front since 1914; Lincoln Memorial, depicted on Back since 1929; U.S. fifty-dollar bill. Grant's Portrait, depicted on Front since 1913; U.S. Postage Stamps. Abraham Lincoln Postage, 2nd in number for Presidents of US Stamps issues including 1866, 1869, 1890, 1903, 1938, 1954, 1965, 1995; US 5-cents commemorative ...
Abraham Lincoln, a portrait by Mathew Brady taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech in New York City. Lincoln accepted the nomination with great enthusiasm and zeal. After his nomination he delivered his House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe ...
Found in Lincoln's pockets after his death were two pairs of eyeglasses, an eyeglass case, a lens polisher, a pocketknife, a watch fob, a monogrammed sleeve button, a monogrammed linen handkerchief, and a brown leather wallet containing a pencil, a Confederate five-dollar bill, and eight recent newspaper clippings with favorable remarks about ...
Statue of Abraham Lincoln: Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 1934 Gaetano Cecere: Statue of Abraham Lincoln: New York City, New York. Union Square. 1870 Henry Kirke Brown: Statue of Abraham Lincoln: Portland, Oregon. South Park Blocks. 1928 George Fite Waters Statue of Abraham Lincoln: San Francisco, California. Civic Center. 1926 Haig Patigian: Statue of ...