New event at Lincoln Tomb adds to flag ceremony
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[June 03, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD -- The summer
tradition of a weekly flag-lowering and retreat ceremony at the
Lincoln Tomb resumes Tuesday, paired with a new event that tells the
story of President Lincoln's funeral with vivid detail.
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"Lincoln's Funeral: Distant Memories" will be presented in June,
July and August. An 1865 historic interpreter describes the wake,
funeral procession and burial service at the Old Receiving Vault in
Oak Ridge Cemetery. The presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. and ends at
6:45 p.m. -- in time for the flag ceremony by the 114th Illinois
Volunteer Infantry.The U.S. flag flying over Lincoln Tomb will be
lowered during the colorful, solemn ceremony and presented to a
visitor each Tuesday night. The ceremony will include the firing of
a Civil War-era mortar.
The 7 p.m. ceremony lasts approximately half an hour. Afterward,
the tomb will be open to the public until 8 p.m.
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The 114th Regiment was mustered into federal service on Sept. 18,
1862. Eight hundred and ninety-five officers and enlisted men from
Cass, Menard and Sangamon counties were accepted into service with
the unit.
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![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2013/Jun/03/images/ads/current/park_district_lda041213.png) Today, this regiment serves Illinois communities in many ways:
participating in public functions as a ceremonial guard, portraying
the lives and beliefs of Civil War soldiers in re-enactments, and
offering a college scholarship to central Illinois students.
The Tuesday evening events are sponsored by the Lincoln Monument
Association and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, which
operates the
Lincoln
Tomb. The tomb, along with the state's World War II, Korean War
and Vietnam War memorials, is in Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery,
1500 Monument Ave. All are open daily for free tours.
[Text from file received from the
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency] |