Abraham Lincoln, along with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln and their sons Edward, Willie and Tad all rest in the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery. The oldest son, Robert, is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Inside the tomb is a smaller version of Daniel Chester French's sculpture for the Lincoln Memorial. The big Lincoln head outside is a bronze version of the marble head that's in the Capitol in Washington, DC. I don't know if I took that photo in black and white on purpose or if I accidentally switched settings. Lincoln himself is a couple feet behind, and ten feet below, the red granite cenotaph in the burial room.
The receiving vault where Lincoln's funeral took place is not too far away behind the tomb.
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