06 - Abraham Lincoln- A Commemoration – 15 April 2015 by Various

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)