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A time capsule beneath a removed statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is purported to include a photo of President Lincoln in his casket. The capsule will be opened Tuesday.
HAYWARD — A replica of President Abraham Lincoln’s ornate casket goes on display Feb. 24-28. The casket, made by Batesville Casket Company in 2015 for the 150th anniversary commemoration of ...
Bob Brown - Pool/Getty The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee being removed from its pedestal A time capsule from 1887 is set to be opened following the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue ...
The Feb. 15, 1963, edition of LIFE magazine included a fascinating story about the day when Lincoln was exhumed, and the casket briefly opened to be certain that the body they were about to bury ...
RICHMOND — So, no ultrarare photo of President Lincoln in his casket. Not even a trove of pro-Confederate propaganda. But the Robert E. Lee monument time capsule that Virginia historians opened ...
A replica of President Abraham Lincoln's ornate casket went on display Friday until Oct. 8 at the state Military Museum. Advertisement Article continues below this ad The casket, made by ...
Especially when it is replica of Abraham Lincoln’s coffin. “This coffin is one of 5 that was made by the Batesville Casket Company as a replica,” explained Matt Bailey of the B.C. Bailey ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – At Abraham Lincoln’s death, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton declared, “Now he belongs to the ages,” but the meticulous, 150th anniversary funeral procession his ...
LOCKPORT, Ill. (AP) _ A northern Illinois historian has found what appears to be a pressed flower from Abraham Lincoln’s casket. Will County Historical Society president Sandy Vasko tells The… ...
A second time capsule found underneath the now-dismantled Richmond statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was opened by Virginia state officials Tuesday. The 36-pound copper box included bullets ...