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Wyuka Cemetery was established in Lincoln, Nebraska, by an act of the Nebraska Legislature in 1869, which sought to provide a cemetery for the state capital city founded two years prior. [3] The trustees rejected the first cemetery site along Salt Creek to the west of Lincoln due to flooding concerns and instead purchased 80 acres of land east ...
Young Lincoln by Charles Keck, Senn Park, Chicago (1945) [44] The Chicago Lincoln, aka Beardless Lincoln, Avard Fairbanks, Chicago, Illinois (1956) Abraham Lincoln by Gilbert A. Franklin, Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island (1958). This 12-foot bronze is the only monument to Abraham Lincoln in Rhode Island. [45] [46]
Funeral services, a procession, and a lying in state were first held in Washington, D.C., then a funeral train transported Lincoln's remains 1,654 miles (2,662 km) through seven states for burial in Springfield, Illinois. Never exceeding 20 mph, the train made several stops in principal cities and state capitals for processions, orations, and ...
Lincoln’s most intense love affair was allegedly with store owner Joshua Speed, whom he met in 1837. They shared lodging and a bed for four years until Speed was called back to his family's home ...
Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois, where he resided from 1844 until becoming the nation's 16th president in 1861. Lincoln's second state house campaign in 1834, this time as a Whig, was a success over a powerful Whig opponent. [70] Then followed his four terms in the Illinois House of Representatives for Sangamon County. [71]
On April 16, 1865, two days after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, a group of Springfield citizens formed the National Lincoln Monument Association and spearheaded a drive for funds to construct a memorial or tomb. [3] Upon arrival of the funeral train on May 3, Lincoln lay in state in the Illinois State Capitol for one night. [4]
Debates over Abraham Lincoln's private life have lingered for years, but the upcoming documentary Lover of Men, hitting theaters Sept. 6, takes the conversation to new heights.. Using historical ...
In the new documentary “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln,” director Shaun Peterson tackles decades’ worth of speculation about the sexual orientation of the towering 16th ...