Lincoln Discussion Symposium

Gene: no they don't! So, is the reader supposed to think that it is a Lincoln quote? How many young people today would know it was JFK who said it?

Here are two items from my Lincoln assassination archive that I have been collecting for 47 years. The one below is a broadside for a mock funeral held in Adrian, Michigan for Abraham Lincoln. I bought this one about 30 years ago.

[attachment=88]

The one below is one of the Philadelphia Inquirer with large, front page engravings for Lincoln's funerals. I picked this up at an auction about 90 miles from me a couple years ago. The irony is that an original Garfield shot went for $100. I got this one for only $40. Go figure!

[attachment=89]

Rick Brown
HistoryBuff.com
A Nonprofit Organization

Interesting stuff! Why would there be a "mock" funeral for Lincoln?

Thanks, Rick. Good morning, Bill. I believe Buffalo also had a mock funeral; actually Buffalo had two funerals. Buffalo staged a mock funeral for the slain president on April 19 (the same date as the state funeral in Washington). Then, when the funeral train came through Buffalo on April 27th, the folks there staged a replay of what they had already done on April 19. The same catafalque and hearse were again used in the procession.

I have posted links to the 2015 Lincoln Funeral Train website in other threads, and the folks keep adding to their website. There is now a short video about the 2015 train here.

Thanks Roger. It just sounded strange to me-being a "mock" funeral.

As you are aware, Lincoln was much loved by masses of people. In fact, that between viewing while lying in state, the funerals themselves, and those that lined the train route day and night, it is estimated that over 1.5 million people participated. A few towns that I know of held funerals for Abraham Lincoln that were much the same as his "real" funerals - a procession down main street, a casket, and formal services. The only difference is that Abe Lincoln was not present and the mock funerals.

I did not know that! I wonder if Detroit had one?

(03-07-2013 08:40 AM)LincolnMan Wrote: [ -> ]I did not know that! I wonder if Detroit had one?

I have read that the train made a few unofficial stops for an impromptu funeral, but it doesn't state which cities.

Rick Brown
HistoryBuff.com
A Nonprofit Organization

(03-05-2013 11:13 PM)LincolnMan Wrote: [ -> ]Interesting stuff! Why would there be a "mock" funeral for Lincoln?

There were many mock funerals and memorials held for Lincoln because he was the first president assassinated while in office and he managed to hold the union together at a time when it was thought that all might be lost.
In short, it was part of the grieving process for the nation.

Unfortunately, I'm not able to show a picture of the item-because I'm posting this entry from my cell phone-but yesterday I purchased at an antique store a bronze medal featuring Presidents Lincoln and Eisenhower on the frontside. The medal denotes the centennial of the Republican Party 1854-1954. The backside contains quotes from both presidents. Its a nice little keepsake-heavy for its size.

On a recent trip to Hodgenville Ky, for the first time I stopped in the Lincoln Museum. When I spotted this in the museum gift store I had to get it.

The walking stick was made by a local retired high school teacher




.

I want one!

Not sure if this counts as a Lincoln collectable or not, but I'm going to pass on this item.

http://www.amazon.com/Chia-Abraham-Linco...am+lincoln

Ha! I have one of those. It was a gift to me. I never opened it. Maybe it will be a collectible someday.

I just got a Mini-Abe from Australia - I'm sure the gentleman who owned it thought it would be a nice collectible one day since the figure was still sealed in the box when it got here.