The solemnity of walking through the tomb adds to the feeling of your visit. In summer a flag lowering experience with Civil War reinactors is a fun evening event. Changes are being made now to update the original entrance in preparation for 150 year anniversary events in 2015.
This is a "must see" when visiting Springfield. Very few times have I been more moved and brought to tears while attending a national monument. This is truly a sobering and wonderful place.
Definitely worth the time if you're visiting Springfield. So moving. It's beautifully done! A must see!
I am so glad I experienced this must see piece of history with my children. The memorial gave me goosebumps knowing I was close to this monument and that I was able to share with my kids an important part of our history. I literally cried.
Lincoln's Tomb is a great place to take your family to further education on Lincoln. The bonus is that it's great to get fun photos of your family with the Lincoln statue and the kids have a great time rubbing Lincoln's nose for luck. If you are there at the end if the day, there is an opportunity to participate in a flag lowering ceremony. This was the highlight for our boys. There are reenactment soldiers and they do a military style ceremony with a gun salute. It is very beautiful and a great summer activity.
one of the more important pieces of our nations history. It's very moving being there. There is a docent there to answer any question you may have and they also do guided tours.
The Lincoln Tomb was very self explanitary and the Volenteer was very helpful and enthusiastic about the history. The kids loved rubbing Lincolns nose outside.
Came to see the tomb before heading back home. It's hard to miss once you enter the cemetary as it is tall and sits on a hill. Unfortunately it was closed the day I came so I couldn't go in. Just very impressed how tall it is though Lincoln was a very important man!! The war memorials are a little further down and consist of the WWII, Korean, and Vietnam war memorials for the state of Illinois. The Korean War is forgotten about so it is nice to see a memorial for it. The cemetery is massive and it is easy to get lost though there are signs around.
My guess is this cemetery is very crowded during the summer. Almost no one present when I was there. It's not just his magnificent tomb, but also the war memorials on the other end of the cemetery.
We went out of our way on our way to Chicago to see this tomb. It was great. S great piece of history and absolutely beautiful granite and marble walls and tomb. A must see.