The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea |
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Page 128
... coffin rests , is eleven feet long , and is five feet below the top of the canopy . The canopy is sur- mounted by a gilt eagle , covered with crape . The whole hearse is covered with cloth , velvet , crape , and alpaca . The seat is ...
... coffin rests , is eleven feet long , and is five feet below the top of the canopy . The canopy is sur- mounted by a gilt eagle , covered with crape . The whole hearse is covered with cloth , velvet , crape , and alpaca . The seat is ...
Page 134
... coffin was to be lifted down from the car , and over the central door there was a small black canopy . The people gathered in groups , picnicked on the grass or covered the marble steps . Inside there reigned a solemn silence , broken ...
... coffin was to be lifted down from the car , and over the central door there was a small black canopy . The people gathered in groups , picnicked on the grass or covered the marble steps . Inside there reigned a solemn silence , broken ...
Page 136
... coffin , murdered by his assassin . Then he spoke pious words of peace , of good - will , and of his steadfast determination to preserve the Union . Now he spoke still more powerfully in his death , and every man felt the force of the ...
... coffin , murdered by his assassin . Then he spoke pious words of peace , of good - will , and of his steadfast determination to preserve the Union . Now he spoke still more powerfully in his death , and every man felt the force of the ...
Page 138
... coffin and catafalque . The undertaker then arrived , and all those not on duty retired . The simple ceremonies in the rotunda were over by four o'clock . The corpse of the President was placed beneath the right con- cave , now streaked ...
... coffin and catafalque . The undertaker then arrived , and all those not on duty retired . The simple ceremonies in the rotunda were over by four o'clock . The corpse of the President was placed beneath the right con- cave , now streaked ...
Page 146
... coffin which contains the dust of the President sets forward on its long march through mourning States , on its way to its home in Illinois , we might well be silent , and suffer the awful voices of the time to thunder to us . Yes , but ...
... coffin which contains the dust of the President sets forward on its long march through mourning States , on its way to its home in Illinois , we might well be silent , and suffer the awful voices of the time to thunder to us . Yes , but ...
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