WW-2 Vet gets the Gold medal of honor!

[RJNorton]

(02-05-2015 07:21 AM)HerbS Wrote:  This vet's father[in the crowd] also saw Lincoln come through Rochester,NY on the train in 1861.

Hi Herb. I may have posted this a few years ago, but here's the way the Rochester train station looked in 1861. Lincoln never got off the train and spoke briefly from the platform of his car. This was the morning of February 18, 1861. The estimate was that 30,000 people crowded the depot and surrounding areas when Lincoln's train arrived at 7:40 A.M. Additionally, there was a locomotive change at Rochester.