The Lincoln Train is Coming!
Posted by William Kashatus on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Lincoln Train is Coming! On Saturday morning, April 15, 1865, news of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination reached Philadelphia. The treacherousness of the crime created a mix of feelings surging from fear and horror to inconsolable grief. A galvanized nation began mourning immediately. Printer cranked out broadside that were posted throughout Philadelphia lamenting the “Martyred Father.”...read more