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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T150000
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URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/historian-richard-heppner-to-spe
 ak-on-the-lincoln-funeral-train-through-the-hudson-valley/
SUMMARY:Historian Richard Heppner to Speak on the Lincoln Funeral Train Thr
 ough the Hudson Valley
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday August 23 at 3:00 p.m.\, the Historical Society of Wo
 odstock will present a talk by Woodstock Town Historian Richard Heppner on
  the Lincoln funeral train through the Hudson Valley. Admission to the eve
 nt is free. In April of 1865\, the Lincoln funeral train moved up the east
  coast\, through the Hudson Valley\, and into history. Offering an account
  of how the news of the assassination was greeted locally as well as detai
 led descriptions of the train as it traveled up the Hudson River\, histori
 an Richard Heppner will explore the ceremonies and emotions that awaited t
 he train's passing on both sides of the Hudson. In doing so\, he will also
  examine the seeds of transformation that were sewn during that fateful jo
 urney from Washington to Springfield\, Illinois\; a transformation that el
 evated the slain President's legacy far beyond what it was in life and sec
 ured for the 16th president the honored place he forever holds in the coll
 ective memory of our nation.
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CATEGORIES:@Featured,History
LOCATION:Historical Society of Woodstock\, 20 Comeau Drive\, Woodstock\, ny
 \, United States
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