Oak Ridge Cemetery is a cemetery located in Springfield, Illinois in the United States.
Lincoln's Tomb, which serves as the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife and all but one of his children, is located at Oak Ridge. A number of other prominent politicians and persons from Illinois are also buried at the cemetery.
As a result of Lincoln's Tomb, Oak Ridge is the second-most visited cemetery in the United States, after Arlington National Cemetery.
The Cemetery has memorials for the Korean War, World War II and the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Read more about Oak Ridge Cemetery: Notable Burials, Gallery
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—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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