Programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on her schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. You are watching American History tv on cspan3. You are looking at a live picture from Oak Ridge Cemetery from revealed illinois, where the 150th anniversary of president aber cap president abraham we can pause euro. With us is richard hart, a springfield resident and author. Your book is lincolns springfield. Tell us what we are going to see today and whats going to happen behind you this afternoon. This afternoon, you will see a reenactment of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in springfield 150 years ago. It started on the square downtown and it will take probably half an hour for the procession to reach Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is on the north side of springfield. That procession will be a reenactment of lincolns actual funeral. There will be a number of divisions with reenactors in those divisions. You will se
Springfield. Tell us what we are going to see today and whats going to happen behind you this afternoon. This afternoon, you will see a reenactment of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in springfield 150 years ago. It started on the square downtown and it will take probably half an hour for the procession to reach Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is on the north side of springfield. That procession will be a reenactment of lincolns actual funeral. There will be a number of divisions with reenactors in those divisions. You will see a replication of the funeral hearse that was put together by a local funeral home. I believe you are going to see a horse which would have in Abraham Lincolns force, bob, led by an africanamerican henry brown coming into the cemetery. And then there is the receiving vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery. It is there lincolns body as well as his son willie, were placed at the time of the lincoln funeral. Why was president lincoln buried in springfield . This was his home for 24 y
Your book is tell us what we are going to see today, what is going to happen behind you and all around you this afternoon. Thank you. Today, youre going to see a reenactment of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in springfield 100 50 years ago. It started on the square downtown. It will take probably a half an hour for the procession to reach Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is on the north side of springfield. That procession will be a reconstruction or reenactment of lincolns actual funeral. There will be a number of divisions, with reenactors in those divisions. You will see a replication of the funeral hearse that was put together by a local funeral home. I believe you are going to see a horse, which would have in Abraham Lincolns horse, bob led by an africanamerican henry brown, coming into the cemetery. And then in back of me is the receiving vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery. It is there that lincolns body as well as his son with his son, willie, were placed at the time of the lincoln funeral. W
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For hundreds of thousands of americans. Theres a certainry poetry if you want to call it that and closuren to lincoln coming down these cks tracks toto this place in his coffin because, as he came he cir went through the circuit that he had ridden for 23 years hed ridden through the prairiesut b cut by these tracks. And he visits all these towns. Isited so all these towns were filled with his friends. Ret so this was a return for him in a very touching way. Y. And for he was returned on the same trains on the same tracks that hed been forever. I bought ai book about the fune lincoln funeral and i was going o star to startt reading it. And i just saved it. Chance just by chance i was coming these are the same tracks were on now. Passenger trains. Rain so imwi on an amtrak train with this book on a really gray rainy day back in january. With this book about the in ja funeral. I wasan amazed how moved i was to e g be going down these same tracks that carried lincolns body 150 earli years