Indiana Historical Bureau, January 1, 2003
	1. Lincoln Funeral Train Marker

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Residents decorated depot north of here with memorial arches adorned with roses, evergreens, flags, and images of Lincoln. Train stopped to switch engines and to allow dignitaries from Illinois and Indiana to board. Sixteen women entered funeral car to place flowers on casket. Train left for Chicago on Michigan Central Railroad; track was lined with mourners.
 
Erected 2010 by Indiana Historical Bureau and Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. (Marker Number 46.2010.1.)
 
Marker series. This marker is included in the Indiana State Historical Bureau Markers marker series.
 
Location. 41° 43.188′ N, 86° 54.092′ W. Marker is in Michigan City, Indiana, in Laporte County. Marker is at the intersection of E. Michigan Blvd. and Pine Street on E. Michigan Blvd.. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Michigan City IN 46360, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers.

	Indiana Historical Bureau, January 1, 2003
	2. Lincoln Funeral Train Marker

At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Camp Anderson (approx. 1.8 miles away); Recipe for a Sand Dune (approx. 5.4 miles away); Century of Progress Homes (approx. 5.7 miles away); Edwin Way Teale (approx. 7.5 miles away); The J.D. Marshall (approx. 8.7 miles away); Eisenhower Interstate System (approx. 8.8 miles away in Michigan); The Iron Brigade / The Twenty-Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (approx. 8.9 miles away in Michigan); New Buffalo Welcome Center (approx. 8.9 miles away in Michigan).
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on October 29, 2012, by Aimee Rose Formo of Indianapolis, Indiana. This page has been viewed 338 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 29, 2012, by Aimee Rose Formo of Indianapolis, Indiana. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
 

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