In Philadelphia, about a mile from the funeral route, Abdoulaye Ndiaye—whose family emigrated from Senegal—plays football for the Abraham Lincoln High School Rail Splitters. Some 200 American ...

The government went ahead with the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sept. 27 even though public opinion was largely opposed to the holding of the event. A car carrying Abe’s ...

An Abraham Lincoln historian who’s working on a documentary about the Great Emancipator’s Funeral Train will give a talk to ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arbitrarily decided to honor slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a state funeral. The Sept. 27 event in Tokyo was conducted amid fierce controversy that ...

The tradition, however, was largely altered back in 1865 during the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln. “It was the first time that the President's body was moved by train," Michael Shymanski ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical ... Illinois. The funeral train stopped in many cities along the way, where memorials were attended ...