President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and died on April 15th, 1865 (just 14 years after Whitestown became a town)
On April 21, 1865,  the train that carried the body of President Abraham Lincoln left Washington, D.C. on its way to Springfield, Illinois, where he was to be buried. The train passed thru several towns on it's journey.

During the night of May 1, 1865  the train passed through Whitestown  and it's said that about 100 people gathered around a single bonfire at 1:00 A.M. to witness the trains passage thru town

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Special Thank you to Tanya Sumner,
Director of public relations for Whitestown, and Glen Welling, assistant director of public relations and media specialist for Whitestown for creating this short informational video

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Link to information about the route of the Funeral train which carried the body of President Linc

Link to the information about the reporduction funeral car

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