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1. OAKRID_090926_006.JPG: The Temporary Vault: "It stood on the brow of the hill, about fifty yards northeast of the monument. It was removed late in the Autumn on 1871, and the site where it stood graded down about fifteen feet." -- John Carroll Power, 1889; Custodian of the Lincoln Tomb, 1874-1894 The temporary vault held the bodies of President Abraham Lincoln and his sons Edward and William from December 1865 until September of 1871, when they were moved to the partially completed tomb. A granite marker indicates the site of the temporary vault.
2. OAKRID_090926_082.JPG: The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh." If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether." With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. from Lincoln's Second Inaugural, March 4, 1865
3. OAKRID_090926_213.JPG: President Lincoln's remains rest in a vault ten feet below and just behind the massive Arkansas marble monument before you. The words "Now he belongs to the ages," inscribed on the wall behind the United States flag, are said to have been uttered by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton at Lincoln's deathbed. Flags to the left of the monument honor the modern states within whose borders President Lincoln's ancestors once lived -- Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Flags on the right represent the states in which the president resided -- Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. At the far right is the flag of the president of the United States. Mary Lincoln and three of the four Lincoln sons are entombed in crypts bearing their names, located in the wall behind you. Robert Lincoln, by the decision of his wife, is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
4. OAKRID_090926_229.JPG: The guide liked this statue because the statue was sitting but the shadow behind it appeared to be of a standing man.
5. OAKRID_090926_391.JPG: The Temporary Vault: "It stood on the brow of the hill, about fifty yards northeast of the monument. It was removed late in the Autumn on 1871, and the site where it stood graded down about fifteen feet." -- John Carroll Power, 1889; Custodian of the Lincoln Tomb, 1874-1894 The temporary vault held the bodies of President Abraham Lincoln and his sons Edward and William from December 1865 until September of 1871, when they were moved to the partially completed tomb. A granite marker indicates the site of the temporary vault.
6. OAKRID_090926_397.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. -- Newer sign: The Receiving Vault: The vault, constructed sometime after Oak Ridge Cemetery's dedication in 1860, served as a temporary tomb. It most likely had been used prior to 1865 when the remains of President Abraham Lincoln and his son William were laid to rest here from May 4, 1865 to December 21, 1865. On December 21, 1865, the bodies of the President and his son William were moved to a temporary vault located half-way up the hillside to your left. A week later, the remains of another son, Edward, had been transferred to the temporary vault. In 1871, the three were 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 the Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site.
7. OAKRID_090926_401.JPG: The Receiving Vault: The vault, constructed sometime after Oak Ridge Cemetery's dedication in 1860, served as a temporary tomb. It most likely had been used prior to 1865 when the remains of President Abraham Lincoln and his son William were laid to rest here from May 4, 1865 to December 21, 1865. On December 21, 1865, the bodies of the President and his son William were moved to a temporary vault located half-way up the hillside to your left. A week later, the remains of another son, Edward, had been transferred to the temporary vault. In 1871, the three were 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 the Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site.
8. OAKRID_090926_411.JPG: This vault held the remains of Abraham Lincoln from May 4, 1865 to December 21, 1865
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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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