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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. OAKRID_070703_128.JPG: In this tomb are the remains of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States. Born February 12, 1809, in a log cabin at Hodgenville, Kentucky, a slave state, second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks. Died at Washington, D.C. April 15, 1865. Taken by his parents, in 1816, to Spencer County, Indiana, where he spent his youth. Two years later left motherless, but upon the re-marriage of his father became strongly attached to his stepmother, Sarah Bush, who exerted great influence on his character. At the age of twenty-one came with his family overland to Macon County, Illinois, where they settled on a farm. In 1831 moved to New Salem, where he lived six years. Moved to Springfield and practiced law until 1860, where he was elected to the Presidency of the United States. On November 4, 1842, married Mary Todd to which union were born four children, Robert Todd, Edward Baker, William Wallace and Thomas. Served as captain in the Black Hawk War, four terms in the Illinois state legislature, one term in Congress. Was twice defeated for United States Senate, and twice elected President of the United States. With only a meager schooling, he became a master of the English language, a lawyer of the highest standing and ability, a nationally known orator and debater, and one of the world's greatest statesmen. He guided our nation through the Civil War and preserved our union for posterity.
2. OAKRID_070703_149.JPG: Note "Alaska" and "Hawaii" -- they've updated the upper deck to include states that weren't around when either Lincoln was president or the tomb was erected.
3. OAKRID_070703_160.JPG: This is where they're doing work restoring the upper deck of the Lincoln tomb.
4. OAKRID_070703_185.JPG: John R. Tanner, Governor of Illinois, 1897-1901.
5. OAKRID_070703_201.JPG: "I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no god" -- Abraham Lincoln
6. OAKRID_070703_211.JPG: GAR section of the cemetery
7. OAKRID_070703_244.JPG: John Kelly, 1783-1823, first settler in Springfield the spring of 1819
8. OAKRID_070703_269.JPG: Receiving Vault: The remains of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) and his son William Wallace "Willie" rested in this receiving vault from May 4, 1865 to December 21, 1865. The receiving vault was built following Oak Ridge Cemetery's dedication in 1860. The vault served as a temporary tomb while burial plans were made or if a grave could not be dug due to frozen ground. Most likely it had been used for interments prior to 1865. On May 4, 1865, nineteen days after his death, the body of President Abraham Lincoln was placed here along with that of his son Willie, who had died at age eleven in the White House on February 20, 1862. The casket bearing his remains was carried to Springfield on the funeral train of the assassinated president. On December 21, 1865, the two caskets were moved to a temporary vault located about half-way up the hillside to your left. A week earlier, the remains of another Lincoln son, Edward "Eddie' Baker (1846-1950), had been transferred to the temporary vault. In 1871, the three were finally interred in the Lincoln Tomb at the top of the hill. According to cemetery records, the receiving vault was used at least twelve times from 1866 to 1873, when its use was discontinued. Conveyed to the State of Illinois in 1946, the vault is today administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency as part of Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site.
9. OAKRID_070703_273.JPG: Receiving vault, which temporarily held Lincoln's remains
10. OAKRID_070703_295.JPG: N. Vachel Lindsay, Poet, 1879-1931.
11. OAKRID_070703_308.JPG: William H. Herndon, Lincoln's law partner, 1818-1891. Engraved on grave: William H. Herndon, Abraham Lincoln's law partner 17 years. Dec. 25, 1818 - Mar. 18, 1891 The struggles of this age and succeeding ages for god and man -- religion -- humanity and liberty with all their complex and grand relations -- may they triumph and conquer forever, is my ardent wish and most fervent soul-prayer. Febry 23, 1858 Wm. H. Herndon
12. OAKRID_070703_319.JPG: The grave in front -- Roy Bertelli (1910-2003) -- has a marker describing him as "Mr. Accordion".
13. OAKRID_070703_325.JPG: Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
14. OAKRID_070703_330.JPG: Illinois Korean War memorial
15. OAKRID_070703_340.JPG: Illinois World War II memorial
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Wikipedia Description: Oak Ridge Cemetery
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Oak Ridge Cemetery is a cemetery located in Springfield, Illinois in the United States.

Lincoln's Tomb, which serves as the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of his children, is located at Oak Ridge. A number of other prominent politicians and persons from Illinois are also buried at the cemetery.

As a result of Lincoln's Tomb, Oak Ridge is the second-most visited cemetery in the United States, after Arlington National Cemetery.

The Cemetery has memorials for the Korean War, World War II and the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Notable burials:

* William Henry Bissell
* Jacob Bunn
* John Whitfield Bunn
* John Cook
* Shelby Moore Cullom
* Ninian Edwards
* William Lee D. Ewing
* William Herndon
* Elijah Iles
* William Jayne
* John J.H. Kelly (Medal of Honor)
* Robert Carr Lanphier
* John L. Lewis
* Abraham Lincoln - Sixteenth President; during the Civil War
* Mary Todd Lincoln - Abraham's wife
* Vachel Lindsay
* John Alexander McClernand
* John Riley Tanner
* Arthur Harrison Wilson (Medal of Honor)

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Lincoln Tomb
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Lincoln's Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, is the final resting place of 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln, his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of their four sons. The monument is owned and administered by the State of Illinois as Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site.

On April 15, 1865, the day President Lincoln died, a group of Springfield citizens formed the National Lincoln Monument Association and spearheaded a drive for funds to construct a memorial or tomb. Upon arrival of the corpse on May 3, it lay in state in the Illinois State Capitol for one night. After the funeral the next day, his coffin was placed in a receiving vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery, the site Mrs. Linc ...More...
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