Your book is tell us what we are going to see today, what is going to happen behind you and all around you this afternoon. Thank you. Today, youre going to see a reenactment of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in springfield 100 50 years ago. It started on the square downtown. It will take probably a half an hour for the procession to reach Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is on the north side of springfield. That procession will be a reconstruction or reenactment of lincolns actual funeral. There will be a number of divisions, with reenactors in those divisions. You will see a replication of the funeral hearse that was put together by a local funeral home. I believe you are going to see a horse, which would have in Abraham Lincolns horse, bob led by an africanamerican henry brown, coming into the cemetery. And then in back of me is the receiving vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery. It is there that lincolns body as well as his son with his son, willie, were placed at the time of the lincoln funeral. W
Lincolns view of the world in one word, the word is is. He believes the United States is a country not the United States are. In the prior, states were reviewed as part of an overall confederation of states. He believed we were one country. And he wanted to bring the Southern States back. Second, he wanted to improve the status and the lot of the lives of the americans the africanamericans living in the United States of the time it. Those who were free before, and certainly those who became free. Many of them as a result of lincolns own efforts. When he was killed, everything changed. It sent back relations in this country over 100 years. And it setback the quality of life, and the economy and social development of the Southern States to the point where many Southern States to this day are lagging behind the rest of the country in education and health care and in so many other criteria. Would this have been different if lincoln survived . Impossible to know. But he would have tried. He
In politics and often helped her husband makes decisions. Margaret taylor was opposed to her husbands nomination for president. As a teacher, Abigail Fillmore was the first president ial wife to have a profession and began efforts to establish the First White House library. Sarah polk, margaret taylor, and Abigail Fillmore, this sunday night on first ladies, influence and image, examining the public and private lives of women who fulfilled the position of first lady. From Martha Washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. As a complement to the series, cspans new book first ladies. Its available as a hard cover or an ebook through your Favorite Book store or online book seller. Well take you now to Oak Ridge Cemetery in springfield illinois, for the 150th commemoration ceremony of president ab ham lincolns funeral. Then author and historian Michael Burlingame talks about the reg lassie of abe ham lincoln and reflects on the ceremony in springfield. This is th
Polk had a strong wreef belief in politics and often helped her husband makes decisions. Margaret taylor was opposed to her husbands nomination for president. As a teacher, Abigail Fillmore was the first president ial wife to have a profession and began efforts to establish the First White House library. Sarah polk, margaret taylor, and Abigail Fillmore, this sunday night on first ladies, influence and image, examining the public and private lives of women who fulfilled the position of first lady. From Martha Washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. As a complement to the series, cspans new book first ladies. Its available as a hard cover or an ebook through your Favorite Book store or online book seller. Well take you now to Oak Ridge Cemetery in springfield illinois, for the 150th commemoration ceremony of president ab ham lincolns funeral. Then author and historian Michael Burlingameburlingame as he reflects on the ceremony in springfield. You are watch
For hundreds of thousands of americans. Theres a certainry poetry if you want to call it that and closuren to lincoln coming down these cks tracks toto this place in his coffin because, as he came he cir went through the circuit that he had ridden for 23 years hed ridden through the prairiesut b cut by these tracks. And he visits all these towns. Isited so all these towns were filled with his friends. Ret so this was a return for him in a very touching way. Y. And for he was returned on the same trains on the same tracks that hed been forever. I bought ai book about the fune lincoln funeral and i was going o star to startt reading it. And i just saved it. Chance just by chance i was coming these are the same tracks were on now. Passenger trains. Rain so imwi on an amtrak train with this book on a really gray rainy day back in january. With this book about the in ja funeral. I wasan amazed how moved i was to e g be going down these same tracks that carried lincolns body 150 earli years