A Glimpse of Lincoln’s Corpse in 1901 - American Inquiry
May 1, 2022 · Over a hundred people and several children watched as a crane operator opened the temporary grave, removing the enormous stone slabs covering it, and revealing the Lincoln …
State funeral of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia
However, several of the 23 people present feared that his body might have been stolen in the intervening years, so they decided to open the coffin and check. [15] A harsh choking smell …
The day Abraham Lincoln's body was exhumed - The Columbus Dispatch
Apr 28, 2015 · The Feb. 15, 1963, edition of LIFE magazine included a fascinating story about the day when Lincoln was exhumed, and the casket briefly opened to be certain that the body they …
Unsealing History: The Mysterious Opening of Abraham Lincoln's Casket
Oct 1, 2023 · Unsealing History: The Mysterious Opening of Abraham Lincoln's Casket Step back in time to the year 1901 and uncover a captivating chapter in American history. Join us as we …
Abraham Lincoln’s decaying corpse was sent on a two-week …
Feb 12, 2015 · Unable any longer to attack their old nemesis Abraham Lincoln, they would soon turn their fire on his friend and collaborator, the secretary of war.
Two days in May: The funeral of Abraham Lincoln - SangamonLink
Apr 22, 2015 · The most common estimate is that 75,000 mourners passed through Representatives Hall of the then-Statehouse (today’s Old State Capitol) during the 24 hours …
Fleetwood Lindley and the reburial of Abraham Lincoln
May 5, 2014 · Lindley was 14 years old* on Sept. 26, 1901, the day Lincoln’s casket was opened for the last time prior to being buried in a concrete-and-steel vault 10 feet below the floor of the …
Lincoln - Only known photo of Abraham Lincoln in his coffin
May 25, 2013 · More than 50 years ago a 14-year-old boy found a photograph of President Abraham Lincoln in his coffin taken on April 24, 1865, in New York City. The discovery startled …
Lincoln Exhumation - Encyclopedia.com
The story behind the 1901 exhumation of the body of Abraham Lincoln, felled by a bullet from the gun of assassin John Wilkes Booth in 1865, began nearly three decades earlier with the …
As It Were: Lincoln's death turned joy to tears - The Columbus Dispatch
May 12, 2019 · Lincoln’s casket was opened in the Statehouse rotunda, and in the course of the day, more than 50,000 people passed by, four abreast, to view the president’s body. People …