Procession On Broadway
As enormous crowds lined the sidewalks and watched from every vantage point, Lincoln's funeral procession moved up Broadway.
As Lincoln's enormous funeral procession moved up Broadway, storefronts were decorated for the occasion. Even Barnum's Museum was decorated with black and white rosettes and mourning banners.
A firehouse just off Broadway displayed a banner reading, "The assassin's stroke but makes the fraternal bond the stronger."
The entire city followed particular rules of mourning which had been printed in the newspapers.
Ships in the harbor were directed to fly their colors at half-mast. All horses and carriages not in the procession were to be taken off the streets. Church bells would toll during the procession. And all men, whether in the procession or not, were requested to wear "the regular badge of mourning on the left arm."
Four hours were allotted for the procession to move to Union Square. During that time perhaps as many as 300,000 people saw Lincoln's coffin as it was carried up Broadway.
As Lincoln's enormous funeral procession moved up Broadway, storefronts were decorated for the occasion. Even Barnum's Museum was decorated with black and white rosettes and mourning banners.
A firehouse just off Broadway displayed a banner reading, "The assassin's stroke but makes the fraternal bond the stronger."
The entire city followed particular rules of mourning which had been printed in the newspapers.
Ships in the harbor were directed to fly their colors at half-mast. All horses and carriages not in the procession were to be taken off the streets. Church bells would toll during the procession. And all men, whether in the procession or not, were requested to wear "the regular badge of mourning on the left arm."
Four hours were allotted for the procession to move to Union Square. During that time perhaps as many as 300,000 people saw Lincoln's coffin as it was carried up Broadway.
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