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![The Lincoln Coach in an undated photograph.](images/history/lincolncoach/coachunknown.jpg)
The Lincoln Coach in an undated photograph. The Lincoln Coach was loaned in 1861 by Mr. James Buckelew to convey President-elect Abraham
Lincoln from the Trenton Train Depot to the Statehouse for a pre-innaugural address to the State Legislature. It was returned to Jamesburg
from Trenton and fully restored in 1979, appearing in the Memorial Day Parade each year thereafter.
![The Lincoln Coach in front of Jamesburg School No. 1 with the Hoffmann Family in 1936.](images/history/lincolncoach/coach1936.jpg)
The Lincoln Coach in front of Jamesburg School No. 1 with the Hoffmann Family in 1936. Matilda Hoffmann, second grade teacher and husband driving the Coach
![The Lincoln Coach at the First National Bank of Jamesburg in 1964.](images/history/lincolncoach/coach1964.jpg)
The Lincoln Coach on display at the First National Bank of Jamesburg in 1964. This was the centennial year of the Bank's founding by Mr. James Buckelew.
![The Lincoln Coach in the 1979 Memorial Day Parade.](images/history/lincolncoach/coach1979.jpg)
The Lincoln Coach in the 1979 Memorial Day Parade. The late Historian Louise Johnson Kerwin is seated in the coach.
![The Lincoln Coach today, a reminder of Jamesburg's glorious past.](images/history/lincolncoach/coach2004.jpg)
The Lincoln Coach today, a reminder of Jamesburg's glorious past.