(The following appeared on the State Journal-Register website on February 8, 2010.)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. Tuesday to unveil a monument that marks the spot where the body of President Abraham Lincoln was returned to Springfield.
The event will be at the Springfield Amtrak station on the station platform on the west side of the building.
Mayor Tim Davlin and other dignitaries will conduct the ceremony, the time of which might change slightly to accommodate regularly scheduled Amtrak passenger trains, according to a news release from the City of Springfield.