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)
O Captain! My Captain! (poem) by Walt WhitmanWhen Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd (poem) by Walt WhitmanLincoln's Last Hours, 1909 address to the Military Order Of The Loyal Legion Of The United States (essay) by Charles A Leale, M.D.Abraham Lincoln - The Oration (eulogy) by Ralph Waldo EmersonOration Delivered On The Occasion Of The Unveiling Of The Freemen's Monument In Memory Of Abraham Lincoln, In Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C. April 14th, 1876 (essay) by Frederick DouglassRespect For The Memory Of Abraham Lincoln, Resolution Adopted At A Meeting Of Senators And Representatives, April 17, 1865 (essay) by Charles SumnerPromises Of The Declaration Of Independence And Abraham Lincoln, Eulogy On Abraham Lincoln, Before The Municipal Authorities Of The City Of Boston, June 1, 1865 (eulogy) by Charles Sumner, Part 1Promises Of The Declaration Of Independence And Abraham Lincoln, Eulogy On Abraham Lincoln, Before The Municipal Authorities Of The City Of Boston, June 1, 1865 (eulogy) by Charles Sumner, Part 2Oration In Union Square, April 25, 1865, At The Funeral Obsequies Of Abraham Lincoln In The City Of New York (eulogy) by George BancroftOde For The Funeral Of Abraham Lincoln (poem) by William Cullen BryantDeath Of Abraham Lincoln, Lecture Delivered In New York, April 14, 1879 - In Philadelphia, 1880 - In Boston, 1881 (essay) Walt WhitmanA Lincoln Reminiscence (fragment) by Walt WhitmanAbraham Lincoln (essay) by Walt WhitmanSpeech To The Parliament of Great Britain, 1865, by The Right Honorable Sir George GreySpeech To The Parliament of Great Britain, 1865, by The Right Honorable Benjamin DisraeliThe Emancipation Proclamation, Washington, D.C., January 1, 1863, by Abraham LincolnGettysburg Address, Given November 19,1863, On The Battlefield Near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Abraham LincolnThe Second Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C., March 4th, 1865, by Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015 - Various - Description and brief content, listen free online on the e-library site at Knigi-Audio.com/en/
