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This podcast delves into the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincolns assassination, observed on April 14-15th, 2015. It includes a poignant collection of pieces marking this historic event. Listen to Whitmans moving poems, written in the immediate aftermath of Lincolns death, along with his later prose pieces. This compilation also contains three of the most highly-regarded eulogies, a firsthand account from a doctor who attended to the dying president, two speeches from the British Parliament, and a selection of Lincolns own eloquent writings. (summary by david wales)

April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that occasion. Whitman’s poems, written shortly after the death, express his intense grief. Here are prose pieces that Whitman composed in the years following. Included too are three other eulogies regarded by Lincoln scholars as among the best, as well as a narrative from one of the doctors who attended the dying president and two speeches in the British Parliament. And finally three of the President’s finest compositions. ( summary by david wales)

April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that occasion. Whitman’s poems, written shortly after the death, express his intense grief. Here are prose pieces that Whitman composed in the years following. Included too are three other eulogies regarded by Lincoln scholars as among the best, as well as a narrative from one of the doctors who attended the dying president and two speeches in the British Parliament. And finally three of the President’s finest compositions. ( summary by david wales)