Ghost Sighting Washington Lincoln's Ghost

This year marks the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Celebrations abound throughout Illinois. Lincoln fans will want to stop first in Springfield, the state capitol. Here, the National Park Service maintains the Lincoln Home National Historic Site which includes the family home and the four block neighborhood surrounding it. Open to visitors every day except Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Years Day, the site is especially busy during this, the Lincoln bicentennial. Visitors are advised to arrive early for the 20 -25 minute tour of the only home Lincoln ever owned. Small by today’s standards, the home contains many Lincoln family furnishings and possessions. Unlike the White House, there have been no sightings of the ghostly Lincoln here.

It’s a different story at the Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The tomb was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. Among the ghostly activity visitors have reported are cold spots and disembodied voices. There are also the occasional sightings of Abe’s apparition at the 117 foot granite tomb. Sharing the tomb with Lincoln are his wife Mary Todd, and three of their sons, Edward, William and Tad. None of them are buried as deeply and securely as the body of the 16th president is.

In 1875 a group or petty criminals decided to steal Lincoln’s body and hold it for ransom. Their plan failed but concern grew. No such desecration should ever again be allowed to happen. Toward that end, Abraham Lincoln’s remains were placed in a special vault designed by his son Robert, on September 26, 1901. According to Vachel Lindsay's famous 1914 poem, Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnght, Lincoln walks the streets of Springfield at midnight. And he may well, just as he haunts the White House on occasion. Lincoln’s ghost may wander far and near, but his remains are secure in a coffin resting ten feet below the floor of the tomb, encased in a steel cage and covered with tons of concrete and dirt.

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