Following the legacy of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th president of the United States of America. Various sites with a link to him are marking the sesquicentennial of his death with events honoring his legacy.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Ill.   (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

Ford’s Theatre stands on the east side of 10th Street NW in between E and F streets in downtown Washington, D.C.

Lincoln was interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Ill. The site of the Lincoln Tomb, now owned and managed as a state historic site, is marked by a 117-foot tall granite obelisk surmounted with several bronze statues of Lincoln, constructed by 1874.

Abraham Lincoln’s grave inside rotunda of Lincoln’s Tomb, in Springfield, Ill., on May 5, 2012.

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

An unidentified participant in the Million Man March takes a break from the rally and reads the inscription on the wall of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 1995. Tens of thousands of black men from across America gathered at the base of the Capitol, and the Mall, in a rally of unity, self-affirmation and protest.