An official marker to commemorate President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train passing through San Pierre in 1865 will soon be complete. Continue reading
2015 Lincoln Funeral Train Rolls Into Francesville
A re-creation of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train will be rolling into Francesville. Continue reading
Lincoln Funeral Train Commemoration Planned in San Pierre
The unique event of a train stopping in San Pierre in 1865, which carried the coffin of assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, will be remembered in that community with a program this afternoon at 2 p.m.
The Starke County Historical Society will also place a rock monument with an appropriate bronze plaque on the grounds near where the Monon Line railway, which carried the President’s body through northwestern Indiana, once operated. Continue reading
