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Millions of people witnessed Lincoln's funeral procession from Washington, D.C., on April 19, 1865, [15] as his casket was transported 1,700 miles (2,700 km) by train through New York City to Springfield, Illinois. [16] Lincoln was the first president to lie in state in the United States Capitol Rotunda. [17]
Some traditions distinguish between the roles of pallbearers and casket bearer. The former is a ceremonial position, carrying a tip of the pall or a cord attached to it. The latter do the actual heavy lifting and carrying. There may otherwise be pallbearers only in the symbolic sense if the casket is on an animal or vehicle.
Lincoln's funeral train, the Old Nashville, departing Washington, D.C. for Springfield, Illinois; it stopped in eleven other cities along the way. Lincoln's house in Springfield, Illinois, draped in mourning with his horse "Old Bob" in front in 1865. At 7 a.m. on Friday, April 21, the Lincoln coffin was taken by honor guard to the depot.
The procession includes a charger (a riderless horse), a bearer party commander, eight casket bearers, an insignia bearer if there are insignia to be borne, two headdress bearer, honorary pallbearers, a gun carriage or hearse. Dress is "review order" (Red Serge and Stetson).
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The pallbearers bore the casket to the East Room [31] and placed Lincoln's catafalque, also previously used for the funerals of the Unknown Soldiers from the Korean War and World War II at Arlington. [34] Jacqueline Kennedy declared that the casket would be kept closed for the viewing and funeral. [35]
Philip IV of France lying in state Brazilian president Afonso Pena lying in state in the Catete Palace, 1909. Lying in state is the tradition in which the body of a deceased official, such as a head of state, is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their respects.
Honorary pallbearers serving during the movement of the casket at points during Stage 3 included Charles F. Hermann (Scowcroft Chair in International Policy Studies at the Bush School of Government and Public Service), Amy Sharp (president of the Texas A&M University Student Government Association), and former Texas A&M football coach R. C. Slocum.