Flag from Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train
date: label: date made
content: by 1865
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: One of two flags that flew from the locomotive of the Lincoln funeral train on the route between Albany and Utica, New York
label: Description
content: On April 19, 1865, an estimated 25 million Americans attended memorial services for Abraham Lincoln in Washington and around the country. Lincoln’s body lay in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and then traveled to Springfield on a funeral train that retraced his route to Washington in 1861.
label: Description
content: Newspapers publicized the train’s schedule so that citizens could pay their last respects as it passed. In ten cities, Lincoln’s casket was removed from the train for elaborate memorial services and public viewings. On May 3, 1865, the train reached its final destination. The following day Lincoln’s body was placed in its tomb.
label: Description
content: Gift of Walter McCulloch, 1926
topic: label: general subject association
content: National Symbols
label: web subject
content: Presidents
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
label: Exhibition
content: American Presidency
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.035351b
label: catalog number
content: 35351b
label: accession number
content: 90668
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flag
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 24 in; 40.64 cm x 60.96 cm