CSPAN3 Discussion On President Lincoln May 4, 2015
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 fune...