Oak Ridge Cemetery

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Oak Ridge Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Abraham Lincoln's tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Location:	Springfield, IL
Built/Founded:	1855
Architect:	William Saunders
Architectural style(s):	Classical Revival, Romanesque
Added to NRHP:	August 04, 1995
NRHP Reference#:	95000986 [1]
Governing body:	Local

Oak Ridge Cemetery is a cemetery located in Springfield, Illinois in the United States.

Lincoln's Tomb, which serves as the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of his children, is located at Oak Ridge. A number of other prominent politicians and persons from Illinois are also buried at the cemetery.

As a result of Lincoln's Tomb, Oak Ridge is the second-most visited cemetery in the United States, after Arlington National Cemetery.[1]

The Cemetery has memorials for the Korean War, Vietnam War and World War II.

[edit] Notable burials

• William Henry Bissell
• John Cook
• Shelby Moore Cullom
• Ninian Edwards
• William Lee D. Ewing
• William Herndon
• William Jayne
• John J.H. Kelly (Medal of Honor)
• John L. Lewis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Mary Todd Lincoln
• Vachel Lindsay
• John Alexander McClernand
• John Riley Tanner
• Arthur Harrison Wilson (Medal of Honor)

[edit] Gallery

Korean War Memorial	Close up of Korean War Memorial	Battle of Chosin Reservoir Memorial	Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam War Memorial close up	World War II Memorial	The European Theater side of the World War II Memorial	Lincoln's Tomb Burial room
Lincoln's Tomb Custodian's Residence	Governor John Riley Tanner's tomb

[edit] References

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