SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - A replica of President Abraham Lincoln’s casket is on display at a museum in Saratoga Springs.
The solid walnut casket will be on display until Oct. 8 at the New York State Military Museum. It was made last year to mark the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s death in 1865.
After Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater in Washington, his coffin was placed on a train that traveled through 180 cities on its way to Springfield, Illinois. New York City, Albany and Buffalo were among the stops.
The military museum also displays a piece of cloth used to stem the flow of blood from Lincoln’s fatal wound and a blood-stained piece of a dress worn by an actress who cradled the president’s head in her lap after he was shot.
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