Apr 23, 2015 · A train adorned with American flags and signs of deep mourning moved north from Washington, D.C. It bore the body of Abraham Lincoln.

All include a black canton, instead of blue, and their text and images are likewise black for mourning. This is the only one that includes a portrait image of the fallen president, set within an oval window in the field of stripes. The others instead have printed slogans. A maker’s mark that appears in the bottom fly end corner reads “Lybrand”.

One of two flags that flew from the locomotive of the Lincoln funeral train on the route between Albany and Utica, New York On April 19, 1865, an estimated 25 million Americans attended memorial services for Abraham Lincoln in Washington and around the country.

Nov 4, 2024 · President Abraham Lincoln’s coffin flag, used in the funeral-train procession after his assassination in 1865, sold for $525,000 Friday at Guernsey’s. The high pre-sale estimate was $1.2 million.

ZFC0617 36 Star Grand Luminary Mourning Flag, Black crepe added for Abraham Lincoln Funeral, April-May 1865, and never removed.

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln plunged the nation into mourning, and flags played a large part in the public's outward displays of this sowrrow.

The object is a lithographed image of a 34-star U. S. Flag created in honor of the death of Abraham Lincoln. The flag is printed in red and blue and black text is printed across the main image.

A black silk crepe border was added to this flag during the period of official mourning for the death of President Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated on the evening of April 14th, 1865 and who died the next morning.

The flag was made after the 36th state, Nevada, was admitted to the Union on March 21, 1864. The black fabric was added to the flag to be used as a symbol of mourning at the time of President Abraham Lincoln's funeral in 1865.

One of two flags that flew from the locomotive of the Lincoln funeral train on the route between Albany and Utica, New York. On April 19, 1865, an estimated 25 million Americans attended memorial services for Abraham Lincoln in Washington and around the country.