Democratic Party Platform did not support emancipation. This hourlong discussion was part of a symposium on the 1864 election hosted by the Lincoln Group of d. C. Our next speaker is known to many of us. And some of us have the strength to have read one of the two volumes this is the second volume covering the period of todays symposium, of Abraham Lincoln a life by Michael Burlingame who holds the distinguished chair at university of illinois at springfield. His earlier work, the inner world of Abraham Lincoln, is being discussed on saturday mornings monthly by a Book Discussion group that is sponsored by the Lincoln Group of d. C. And we meet at fords theater education center. Michael has done the most Massive Research on Abraham Lincoln of any scholar. He has edited 12 major books that lay out original source material from those who knew lincoln or studied him closely in the early years after lincoln. So, we are very pleased to have, as our final speaker before our panel, professor
Programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information on her schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. You are watching American History tv on cspan3. You are looking at a live picture from Oak Ridge Cemetery from revealed illinois, where the 150th anniversary of president aber cap president abraham we can pause euro. With us is richard hart, a springfield resident and author. Your book is lincolns springfield. Tell us what we are going to see today and whats going to happen behind you this afternoon. This afternoon, you will see a reenactment of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in springfield 150 years ago. It started on the square downtown and it will take probably half an hour for the procession to reach Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is on the north side of springfield. That procession will be a reenactment of lincolns actual funeral. There will be a number of divisions with reenactors in those divisions. You will se
Springfield. Tell us what we are going to see today and whats going to happen behind you this afternoon. This afternoon, you will see a reenactment of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in springfield 150 years ago. It started on the square downtown and it will take probably half an hour for the procession to reach Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is on the north side of springfield. That procession will be a reenactment of lincolns actual funeral. There will be a number of divisions with reenactors in those divisions. You will see a replication of the funeral hearse that was put together by a local funeral home. I believe you are going to see a horse which would have in Abraham Lincolns force, bob, led by an africanamerican henry brown coming into the cemetery. And then there is the receiving vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery. It is there lincolns body as well as his son willie, were placed at the time of the lincoln funeral. Why was president lincoln buried in springfield . This was his home for 24 y
Your book is tell us what we are going to see today, what is going to happen behind you and all around you this afternoon. Thank you. Today, youre going to see a reenactment of the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in springfield 100 50 years ago. It started on the square downtown. It will take probably a half an hour for the procession to reach Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is on the north side of springfield. That procession will be a reconstruction or reenactment of lincolns actual funeral. There will be a number of divisions, with reenactors in those divisions. You will see a replication of the funeral hearse that was put together by a local funeral home. I believe you are going to see a horse, which would have in Abraham Lincolns horse, bob led by an africanamerican henry brown, coming into the cemetery. And then in back of me is the receiving vault at Oak Ridge Cemetery. It is there that lincolns body as well as his son with his son, willie, were placed at the time of the lincoln funeral. W
Station in springfield illinois, where the trains run to chicago. Originally from chicago to st. Louis through springfield. Trains that were frequent reviews by lincoln as he grew his practice in chicago, illinois. And his political appearances in chicago. Springfield was his hometown. He came here and 1837. He was in new salem, a Little Village outside of springfield. He tried a bunch of professions. A surveyor, storekeeper. He finally decided to become a lawyer and came to springfield to practice law. He spent his entire career as a lawyer in springfield. This was the state capital because of lincoln. He got the state capital moved to springfield. Typical of lincoln he gets the state capital moved to where he is going to practice law, which did not hurt his law practice at all, but that is why springfield was so special to him. This is also the place to which his body came back after the assassination on the 14th of april, 1865. As you know, John Wilkes Booth shot him at 10 30, he li