Press Release - Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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Summer flag lowering and retreat ceremonies every Tuesday evening at Lincoln Tomb
SPRINGFIELD -- Every Tuesday night this summer, one visitor will leave Lincoln Tomb with a flag -- and many more will leave with memories of a touching, colorful ceremony performed by Civil War era soldiers.
Every Tuesday evening, beginning June 5 and ending August 28, a flag lowering and retreat ceremony will be performed at Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site by members of the 114th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Reactivated. The 7 p.m. ceremony, which will last approximately half an hour, is free and open to the public. The Tomb will be open to the public until 8 p.m. following the ceremony.
The United States flag flying over Lincoln Tomb that day will be lowered during the colorful, solemn ceremony and presented to a visitor following each Tuesday night program. The ceremony will include period music and the firing of a Civil War era mortar.
The original 114th Regiment was mustered into service at Springfield's Camp Butler in 1862 and fought in the Civil War until 1865. The regiment was reactivated in 1969 to foster patriotism and to bring Illinois' historic past alive for the public.
Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site, administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, is located in Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery. It is open seven days a week for free public tours.
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