Sitting by herself at the funeral of Prince Philip on Saturday, Queen Elizabeth cut a regal, but solitary figure: still the monarch, but now alone.
Funeral
On the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, we revisit a story about a man who built – from scratch -- a full-size working replica of the 1860’s steam locomotive that pulled Lincoln’s funeral train. When Jay Shefsky introduced us to Dave Kloke in July 2014, Dave and a team of volunteers had finished the locomotive and had begun work on replica of the Lincoln Funeral Car. Chicago Tonight takes a look at the nearly complete Funeral Car.
Dignitaries and politicians packed the church service for the funeral of former Mayor Jane Byrne.
Maggie Daley's life was celebrated Monday at Old St Patrick's Church. Former Mayor Richard M. Daley sat surrounded by his family, along with scores of dignitaries and ordinary Chicagoans who gathered to pay their respects. Elizabeth Brackett reports.
