Lincoln Tomb, Illinois

After his assassination in Ford’s Theater in Washington, President Lincoln’s body was displayed in the capitol, before embarking on a three week tour, by train, with many memorials and services in cities along the way, and back to Springfield, where it was placed in a temporary vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery, until the main tomb was ready. Six years later, he was moved to the still unfinished monumental tomb, which, three years after that, was complete, and was dedicated by President Ulysses S. Grant. Inside, somber statues and corridors lead to the sarcophagus.