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” ...

It was 161 years ago this week that Abraham Lincoln's funeral train traveled through Indiana for a solemn, statewide vigil ...

People from all over the Chicago area took time out this Memorial Day to honor fallen service members. At Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery near Elwood, Illinois southwest of Chicago, there was pomp, ...

Presidential gravesites and memorials can be found across the United States — in small villages, bustling cities and quiet family estates. Some memorials are grand and elaborate; others are simple and ...

More than 80,000 veterans are buried at the cemetery, located in Elwood, Illinois. At last check, just under 16,000 wreaths have been donated. The deadline to donate is midnight on Thanksgiving day.