Post by sherlew99 on Apr 26, 2015 12:07:17 GMT -6
Sierra Vista Herald
Tombstone craftsmen completes Lincoln hearse for 150th anniversary
Robert Charette
|Herald/Review
Thu, 04/23/2015 - 8:52pm
TOMBSTONE — One-hundred-and-fifty-two years after President Abraham Lincoln brought Arizona into existence, Tombstone, of all places, will have had played a crucial role in commemorating the 150th anniversary of the president’s final rest.
As the rest of the nation has reflected on the 16th president’s death on its sesquicentennial, Tombstone Hearse & Trike has been diligently creating an exact replica of the hearse that caddied Lincoln’s funeral for next week’s Lincoln Funeral Re-enactment in Springfield, Ill. at the Lincoln Presidential Library.
Tombstone craftsmen completes Lincoln hearse for 150th anniversary
Robert Charette
|Herald/Review
Thu, 04/23/2015 - 8:52pm
TOMBSTONE — One-hundred-and-fifty-two years after President Abraham Lincoln brought Arizona into existence, Tombstone, of all places, will have had played a crucial role in commemorating the 150th anniversary of the president’s final rest.
As the rest of the nation has reflected on the 16th president’s death on its sesquicentennial, Tombstone Hearse & Trike has been diligently creating an exact replica of the hearse that caddied Lincoln’s funeral for next week’s Lincoln Funeral Re-enactment in Springfield, Ill. at the Lincoln Presidential Library.
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