Remembering History: This is the tombstone of Abraham Lincoln inside the burial chamber located at the Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. On September 26, 1901, Lincoln's coffin was permanently placed in a large, steel cage and embedded in concrete 10 feet below the floor under his tombstone. President Lincoln died on April 15, 1865, in Washington, D.C., at the age of 56.

This is the tombstone of Abraham Lincoln inside the burial chamber located at the Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. On September 26, 1901, Lincoln's coffin was permanently placed in a large, steel cage and embedded in concrete 10 feet below the floor under his tombstone. President Lincoln died on April 15, 1865, in Washington, D.C., at the age of 56.

This is the tombstone of Abraham Lincoln inside the burial chamber located at the Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. On September 26, 1901, Lincoln's coffin was permanently placed in a large, steel cage and embedded in concrete 10 feet below the floor under his tombstone. President Lincoln died on April 15, 1865, in Washington, D.C., at the age of 56.