150 years later, Lincoln's hometown to re-enact slain president's funeral
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Hundreds of people, including many in period costume, have crowded into a train station in the Illinois capital to watch a replica of Abraham Lincoln's coffin be carried off a funeral car.
It's the start of a weekend of events to meticulously re-enact the slain president's funeral in his hometown of Springfield.
A reconstruction of the funeral train car drew hundreds of people to the city's Amtrak station Saturday. It was surrounded by an honor guard of men in Union army garb.
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The crowd included many men in top hats and ladies carrying parasols.
Bob Churchill of Riverton, Illinois, said, "Lincoln is a magnet to draw all types of people together for the common good," something that he said is needed with the upheaval over police shootings around the country.