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03-27-2015, 09:04 AM
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I just found out today that Lincoln's Funeral Train will have a quick stop in Fairport,NY a suburb of Rochester,NY this summer.Does anyone have have more information about that stop?
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03-27-2015, 11:58 AM
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(03-27-2015 09:04 AM)HerbS Wrote:  I just found out today that Lincoln's Funeral Train will have a quick stop in Fairport,NY a suburb of Rochester,NY this summer.Does anyone have have more information about that stop?

Herb, I can tell you that the train came through Fairport at about 2:51 A.M. on the early morning of April 27, 1865. It had stopped in Palmyra for about 10 minutes, and there was a brief memorial service at that location at 2:15 A.M.

There were crowds carrying torches, singing hymns, and wearing mourning badges at Macedon and Fairport, but I don't think the train stopped at either village. It arrived in Rochester at 3:20 A.M.

I used Scott Trostel's book for this, and there is no mention that the train made a definite stop in Fairport.
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03-27-2015, 03:46 PM
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Thanks Roger,but I mean THIS summer!
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04-09-2015, 10:56 AM
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Thank you to Laurie for sending this article.
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