Lincoln Funeral Train to Railroad History

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National Park Service

Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train

Abraham Lincoln – The Final Journey

New York Avenue Presbyterian Church

1313 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005

5:30 PM, Saturday, April 18, 2015

Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. This will be the first of the National Park Service's "funeral" stops commemorating the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train and return of his body to Springfield, Illinois in 1865.

This special presentation will be held on the 150th anniversary of the service held in Washington DC in 1865. It will mark that service and the departure of President Abraham Lincoln's body and funeral train from Washington bound for his final resting place in Springfield Illinois.

Come hear about the events surrounding Lincoln's assassination, his funeral, his vision for America as he expressed it during his life, and his hopes of moving the nation from Civil War to Civil Rights.

Accomplished actor Richard Frederick "Fritz" Klein will appear as Lincoln at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Actor Klein of Springfield, Illinois has portrayed Abraham Lincoln in 38 states and internationally.



New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (NYAPC) is intimately connected with the life of Abraham Lincoln. The church welcomed President Abraham Lincoln and his family as pew holders on the first Sunday following his inauguration in March 1861. President Lincoln worshiped regularly at NYAPC during the American Civil War. Lincoln and NYAPC’s pastor, Rev. Dr. Phineas Densmore Gurley, developed a relationship in which they frequently discussed theology and those discussions and Gurley’s sermons likely influenced Lincoln’s perception of the war and its meaning for the nation. Gurley presided over the funeral of Lincoln’s son, William Wallace Lincoln, in 1862, and then over the funeral of Lincoln himself in 1865.

This one hour, first person interpretation of Lincoln by Mr. Klein is free of charge to the public.