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34 Star U.S. Flag President Lincoln's Funeral.

Sub-collection: Lincoln

34 Star Grand Luminary Flag used in President Lincoln's Funeral.
After his assassination a funeral cortege by railroad was planned. At each stop his body would lay in state so that the nation might mourn its fallen martyr. This flag was flying when Lincoln's funeral train arrived at Albany on the tracks of the NY Central Railroad.

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