Springfield – Lincoln Funeral May 1-3, 2015
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WEEKEND GETAWAY Springfield – Lincoln Funeral May 1-3, 2015 Lincoln's Funeral Car United States PRICE INCLUDES: headed south. You may also board at Summit or Joliet. • Amtrak coach fare Chicago-Springfield-Chicago Relax in your reclining coach seat, or head to the Café car • 2 Nights Accommodations at first class for breakfast on your own. Eat in or “carry out” to your Springfield Hilton seat’s tray table. On early afternoon Springfield arrival, we • Admission to Abraham Lincoln Presidential walk two blocks to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Lincoln Home Library and Museum. The Museum uses artifacts and eye- level, full size figures to tell of Lincoln’s life and times. In • Lincoln Tomb, Reenactor Encampment the rotunda, stand for your picture with Abe and family. • Lincoln Funeral Reenactment Activities Two in-house theaters use special effects to teach Civil • Motorcoach transfers War history and the purpose of the Library. While you’re at • Luggage Handling the Museum, your luggage is delivered to the towering • 4 Meals Springfield Hilton for two nights stay. After walking to the Hilton, enjoy our get acquainted dinner in the Embassy 150 years ago this April 14, most Americans were grieved Room. (D) at the assassination death of President Abraham Lincoln. Just six days earlier, the Civil War had ended after four years of fighting. The new presidential railway car United States was to leave April 15, taking Lincoln on an inspection tour of the war-ravaged southern states. Instead, it had to be refitted as a hearse car. April 21 the Lincoln funeral train departed on a 14-day, 1,662-mile odyssey of mourning. Public viewings and memorials were held at 11 cities on the way. May 2 in Chicago, some 125,000 mourners passed by the open coffin in the old City Hall- County Building. On May 3, 1865 the train reached Springfield, “the town A replica of the original hearse will be in the that Lincoln loved.” Solemn processions moved the coffin procession. to the State House, then, next day to Oak Ridge Cemetery. On May 2, 2015, a re-created funeral train will roll into Springfield. Again, a coffin will be unloaded and taken to the Old State House, escorted by period-costumed soldiers and mourners. Sign up early to witness history re-made! Better yet, take a child or grandchild to see it with you! Day 1: Meet us this morning at Chicago Union Station for group pre-boarding on Amtrak’s morning Lincoln Service The Funeral Train 20th Century Railroad Club P.O. Box 247 Arlington Heights, IL 60006-0247 312-829-4500 www.20thcentury.org then enjoy a leisurely lunch on your own downtown. OR ride our motorcoach to the Oak Ridge Cemetery area to await the hearse. The procession ends as it did 150 years ago at the public receiving vault. It's at the back base of the hill atop which the Lincoln Tomb now soars to the sky. Listen as bands play the same music, and clergy and reenactors read the same eulogies that were heard here 150 years ago. All trip members meet back at the Old State House for transfer back to the Amtrak station and the afternoon Lincoln Service heading north. While waiting, find on the platform the black granite monument to the 1865 funeral train. Once on board, get a light supper on your own in the Café car. Returns to Joliet, Summit and Chicago Union Lincoln Museum Rotunda Station are set for mid-evening. (B) Day 2: Breakfast is included in the Hilton’s Highland Note: As this tour involves considerable walking and standing, Room. Mid-morning, walk to the arrival location to see the sensible, closed-toed shoes are advised. Also, check the funeral train roll into town. The original United States car weather forecast and take rain gear if appropriate. was destroyed in a 1911 fire. But you see an amazing replica, created starting with old photos and a surviving window frame paint chip! Stand in silence as the coffin is unloaded and placed in a period horse drawn hearse. Follow Civil War soldier reenactors and period costume mourners in solemn procession through Springfield streets to the Old State House. Here the coffin remains for 24 hours, watched over by reenactor honor guards. Our motorcoach picks us up at noon for lunch on your own, then a ride to more distant destinations. At the reenactor encampment, learn of Civil War military life as you wander among the tents and talk with “soldiers” in their replica uniforms. No talking is Lincoln Tomb allowed when you enter the Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The structure dates to 1874, with the interior rebuilt in 1931. Look up to the rotunda’s palladium leaf ceiling. In the burial room, see a seven-ton, brown marble cenotaph standing atop the ten-foot concrete block encasing Lincoln’s coffin. Mary Todd Lincoln and other family members are interred behind the wall at your back. The house where they lived for 17 years is our next stop. Walking upstairs, you hold the same wooden railing they used! Today’s mourning black bunting on the house duplicates that of 150 years ago. The Home, Visitor Center Lincoln Home willl be draped in black. and surrounding blocks are maintained by the National Park Service. Dinner is included tonight at a popular local restaurant a quick ride away on the motorcoach. After TRIP 15-C returning, perhaps a stroll to the nearby Old State House to May 1-3, 2015 pay your own silent respects at the all-night vigil. (B,D) $399 Double / $509 Single Deposit: $100 per person Day 3: After breakfast, there’s free time. Perhaps attend one of the downtown Springfield churches, some of which Travel Protection is available for this trip. plan to have a Civil War era liturgy. For this morning's Please call the office for a quote. procession, you take your choice of start or finish. Walk to 312-829-4500 the Old State House to see the hearse and reenactors begin the three-mile cortege to Oak Ridge Cemetery. You can Final Payment Due April 1st 20th Century Railroad Club P.O. Box 247 Arlington Heights, IL 60006-0247 312-829-4500 www.20thcentury.org 20th Century Railroad Club Order Form P.O. Box 247 Arlington Heights, IL 60006 Phone: 312-829-4500 Springfield – Lincoln Funeral – Trip 15-C www.20thcentury.org May 1-3, 2015 FULL names of ALL persons in your party (or, if you’re rooming with another single, name him/her): Number of travelers age 62 and over _____ Address City, State, Zip Home Phone Cell Phone REQUIRED so we can contact you quickly with questions and/or itinerary changes Email ACCOMODATIONS PERSON(S) PER PERSON TOTAL Number traveling DOUBLE occupancy x $399.00 = Number traveling SINGLE occupancy x $509.00 = Optional Trip Protection – Call our office at 312-829-4500 = TOTAL = Required deposit of $ 100 per person x = Boarding at ___ Chicago Union Station ___ Summit ___ Joliet >>> Final Payment Due by April 1st <<< PAYMENT METHOD: ____ Check ____ Money Order ____ MasterCard ____ VISA ____Discover — make check or money order payable to “TCRC”— Account No. __________________________ Expiration Date: _______________ Cardholder’s signature _______________________________________ MAIL ORDER TO: Trip 15-C • 20th Century Railroad Club • PO Box 247 • Arlington Heights, IL 60006 We will mail trip information on April 16th. 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