A trip to Springfield, Illinois presented a long overdue opportunity to visit historical places related to America’s greatest president, Abraham Lincoln. theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2022/9/15/abe-the-great

Abraham Lincoln’s house looks much like it did in the mid-19th Century. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine)

An authentic couch that Lincoln would have sat on when he lived here. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine)

Mary Todd Lincoln would have used this stove to cook for her family. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine)

The Springfield, Illinois train depot Lincoln departed from when he travelled to Washington, D.C. to become president. Presumably, his body returned to this depot four years later. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine)

Gloves Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine)

The original vault that contained Lincoln’s body. His obelisk atop his permanent burial site can be seen in the background above. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine)

This spectacular monument and tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois’ Oak Ridge Cemetery. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine)

Lincoln’s headstone. For security purposes, his coffin is buried 10 feet below, covered with two tons of concrete. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine)