Lincoln Cemetery

Walking Tour Stop 21

Lincoln Cemetery is the final resting place for at least forty African American Civil War veterans, representing the famous 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiments, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry, 7th, 31st, 39th and the 44th Regiment. Included in ...

The Lincoln Oak

This gnarled and ringed stump, attesting to its age, is all that remains of the majestic oak tree that once shaded the old Spring House.

Steeped in history, it was put to rest by the forces of nature. Its passing will ...

Lincoln Theatre and Lincoln Colonnade

1215 U Street, NW

The Lincoln Theatre , built by white theater magnate Harry Crandall, opened in 1922 under African American management as U Street's most elegant first-run movie house. With 1,600 seats, it also was one of the biggest. ...

The Lincoln Highway

[ Map of The Lincoln Highway across the United States is at top of marker with the following text under it: ]

The Lincoln Highway was the first “Coast to Coast” road covering 3,389 miles across the USA. It ...

Lincoln Building

Constructed in 1889-1890, this Romanesque Revival building is representative of an important transitional phase in the history of tall buildings. Designed by the well-known New York architect, R.H. Robertson, it is considered to be his first skyscraper. The building combines ...

Lincoln’s Tomb

Lincoln

[Also engraved in the stone around the tomb are the names or abbreviations of every state at the time of Abraham Lincoln’s death]

Marker is on Monument Avenue near W Oakridge Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

President Lincoln Visits Richmond

The Civil War framed the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Within weeks of his election in 1860 as the sixteenth American president, South Carolina seceded from the Union. The primary Confederate army surrendered on April 9, 1865, only days before Lincoln’s ...

Abraham Lincoln

(Left marker): These building stones were preserved from the Danville Law Office of Abraham Lincoln and the Vermilion County Courthouse where he practiced law.

This kettle was used from 1824 to 1831 at the Salt Works of Major Vance. The site ...

Abraham Lincoln Delivered an Impromptu Address

Abraham Lincoln delivered an impromptu address from the balcony of this house while a guest here in 1858

Marker is at the intersection of North Gilbert Street and Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling north on North Gilbert Street.

Courtesy ...

Lincoln 1861 Inaugural Train Stop

Abraham Lincoln made his farewell address to the people of Illinois at the Tolono Station February 11, 1861. "I am leaving you on an errand of national importance, attended as you are aware with considerable difficulties. Let us believe as ...