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Bluebag Media
Lincoln Funeral Train
part of Darke County history
GETTYSBURG – “What’s all this going on in little ole’ Gettysburg,” said
one gentleman. He was preparing for the traffic that would soon be
coming. “Haven’t you heard? The Lincoln Funeral Train is coming
through.” He grinned. “They gotta build a track here first.” His friend
said, “I knew they never shoulda tore those tracks out.”
Spirits were high as Darke County Parks volunteers enjoyed a warm April
18 morning and prepared to honor President Abraham Lincoln on the 150th
anniversary of his assassination. The funeral train went through Darke
County… specifically at the Gettysburg Hub of today’s Tecumseh Trail, a
relatively new project of the parks system. The arrival of the Lincoln
Funeral Train 150 years earlier solidified Darke County’s role in “our
rich, national history.”
On the east side of the Bridge Street hub were two display areas, one
showing the route of the train, along with books and other memorabilia,
the other showing a DVD about President Lincoln. In addition to the
DVD, children were given an opportunity to build their own “stove pipe
hat.”
“President Lincoln was 6’ 4” tall… the hat added 7-8” to his height,”
said one volunteer. An historical piece noted the hat was protection
against bad weather; also a good place to store important papers...
Read the rest of the article with photos at Bluebag Media
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