Historic Elsah Foundation is a key participant in the Great Rivers Lincoln Coffin project. May 1-3, 2015 is the reenactment of the funeral procession from Washington, DC, to Springfield, Illinois. This coffin is part of the event. Read more about the reenactment and the coffin, and listen to interviews with historians, including Tim Tomlinson, President of Historic Elsah Foundation, here: http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/coffin-fit-president-itll-be-used-reenactment-abraham-lincolns-funeral