A 37-star, 8-foot-long American flag that covered Abraham Lincoln's casket on his funeral train hangs on the wall of Keens Steakhouse in New York City, U.S., February 16, 2026. REUTERS/Adam Gray A ...
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The 1,654-mile funeral train of Abraham Lincoln
In the 19th century, cities faced a strange problem — too many dead and not enough space to bury them. The solution came by rail. Beginning in 1854, special funeral trains transported coffins and ...
A historian has raised questions about the authenticity of a flag said to have draped Abraham Lincoln's casket. The flag was recently purchased by a New York City steakhouse for over half a million ...
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Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train drew thousands of mourners on this week in Philly history
The nation wanted to see him. Weeks after an assassin gunned down President Abraham Lincoln in a Washington theater, a train pulled his body across a war-pocked United States. The “Lincoln Special” ...
Tuesday marked the 160th anniversary of a somber day, as the funeral train taking fallen President Abraham Lincoln from Washington, D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois, passed through Champaign County ...
A rare American flag that draped President Abraham Lincoln’s casket during his 1865 funeral procession has found a new home, at a Manhattan steakhouse. Keens Steakhouse, a 141-year-old Midtown ...
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