After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, a three-week series of events was held to mourn the death and memorialize the life of the 16th president of the United States. Funeral services, a procession, and a lying in state were first held in Washington, D.C., then a funeral train transported Lincoln's remains 1,654 miles (2,662 km) through seven states for burial in Springfield, Illinois. Never exceeding 20 mph, the train made several stops in principal cities and state capitals for processions, orations, and additional lyings in state. Many Americans viewed the train along the route and participated in associated ceremonies.
Lincoln's tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois
Lincoln's funeral train, the Old Nashville, departing Washington, D.C. for Springfield, Illinois; it stopped in eleven other cities along the way.
Lincoln's house in Springfield, Illinois, draped in mourning with his horse "Old Robin" in front in 1865
The trajectory of Lincoln's funeral train from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois
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Pennsylvania Avenue is a primarily diagonal street in Washington, D.C. that connects the United States Capitol with the White House and then crosses northwest Washington, D.C. to Georgetown. Traveling through southeast Washington from the Capitol, it enters Prince George's County, Maryland, and becomes MD Route 4 and then MD Route 717 in Upper Marlboro, and finally Stephanie Roper Highway.
Pennsylvania Avenue with the U.S. Capitol in the background
A 1942 photo of Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street N.W. in front of the U.S. Department of Commerce
A Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. street sign near the White House
An illustration of Pennsylvania Avenue and the U.S. Capitol before it was burned down by the British on August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812