article_snippet.sent: In this Feb. 12, 2015 file photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner participates in ceremonies honoring President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln tomb in Springfield, Illinois .
article_snippet.sent: A marker is seen over the burial site of President Abraham Lincoln inside Lincoln's tomb within Oak Ridge Cemetery (November 2013 file photo)
article_snippet.sent: Killing: President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at a performance of the play 'Our American Cousin' in April 1865 .
article_snippet.sent: Recounting the route of President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train to Springfield for burial, historian Adam Goodheart describes Lincoln's tomb as 'a disappointment' and reconstructed in 'incongruous Art Deco style.'
article_snippet.sent: It's strange to think that there is a place where President Abraham Lincoln still physically exists in the world, let alone that it's a place like this,' writes Goodheart, who is director for Washington College's Center for the American Experience in Maryland.
article_snippet.sent: On Tuesday — the 150th anniversary of John Wilkes Booth's shooting of President Abraham Lincoln, although the president was pronounced dead the following day — Joan Boatz and a group of former bridge club friends found Lincoln's tomb's iron door locked, despite a sign saying the site should be open at that time.
article_snippet.sent: Remembered: Tourists walk out of President Abraham Lincoln tomb and past a bust of President Abraham Lincoln statue (November 2013 file photo)
article_snippet.sent: The author of the piece is certainly entitled to feel underwhelmed by Abraham Lincoln's tomb's interior, but I think it's safe to say The author of the piece's in the minority,' Wills said.
article_snippet.sent: Abraham Lincoln's tomb's interior plaster and paint, and bronze and marble construction were renovated last year, and its interior lighting was upgraded for approximately $730,000.
article_snippet.sent: Originally built on what historians describe as an 'inadequate foundation,' Abraham Lincoln's tomb was reconstructed first in 1899, and then again in 1930 to give the public access to the interior burial chamber.
article_snippet.sent: Today, the tomb, a circular structure topped with an obelisk, has Abraham Lincoln's tomb interior sheathed in alternating black and tan marble and is trimmed with bronze.
article_snippet.sent: Hallways stretch on either side of a rotunda to the family burial chamber, where President Abraham Lincoln lies below an inscription '
article_snippet.sent: William Sparks, a visitor to the outside of Abraham Lincoln's tomb Tuesday who took an Amtrak train from Green Bay, Wisconsin, said He had a copy of the National Geographic story with He at He Springfield hotel, but disagreed with a copy of the National Geographic story with him at his Springfield hotel conclusion. '
article_snippet.sent: It's absolutely gorgeous,' He said of the site, even though He didn't get to see the interior of Abraham Lincoln's tomb. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Lincoln's tomb was reconstructed in both 1899 and 1930 .