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A statue of John Peter Altgeld, sometimes called the John Peter Altgeld Monument, is installed in Chicago's Lincoln Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The work by Gutzon Borglum was installed in 1915.
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]
St. Peter and St. Paul Shrewsbury , Shropshire 52°42′27″N 2°44′38″W / 52.7076°N 2.7438°W / 52.7076; -2.7438 ( Holy Cross, Shrewsbury
James Lee Peters (August 13, 1889 – April 19, 1952) was an American ornithologist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Dr. Austin Peters and Francis Howie Lee on August 13, 1889. His early education was at the Roxbury Latin School , followed by his acceptance to Harvard University , where he graduated in 1912.
Lincoln Memorial Park was first used as a graveyard in 1924 on land owned by a F.B. Miller (a white realtor). In 1929, the burial ground was purchased by Kelsey Pharr, who was a black funeral director. Mr. Pharr was a native of South Carolina, who had studied embalming in Boston and had moved to Miami in the early 1900s.
On November 26, 1967, ground is broken for the construction of a new municipal library funded via a local bond of $134,000.00 and a government grant of $86,129.00. The Lincoln Park Public Library opens the doors of its new building in 1969 and the Beavertown Historical Society take over operation of the old wooden library as a history museum.
LAKEWOOD - A 27-year-old Lakewood mother has been accused of murdering her two small children, stabbing one and drowning both, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced.
Since 1933, the National Park Service has maintained Petersen House as a historical museum, recreating the scene at the time of Lincoln's death. The bed that Lincoln occupied and other items from the bedroom had been bought by Chicago collector Charles F. Gunther, and are now owned by and on display at the Chicago History Museum.