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Civil Rights Actions at the Lincoln Memorial 

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Civil Rights Actions at the Lincoln Memorial 

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- Almost a century after Lincoln's death, leaders of the Civil Rights movement, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gather in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington
- The Civil Rights movement often looked to Abraham Lincoln, "the Great Emancipator," for inspiration

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- Millions turned out to see Lincoln's funeral train pass on its way to his burial in Springfield, Illinois, and in some cities, to attend a ceremony in his honor
- In this photograph of a funeral procession held during a stop in New York City, a young Theodore Roosevelt (later President) and his brother watch the scene from a window

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The Body of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln, Lying in State 

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The Body of the Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln, Lying in State 

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- Lincoln's assassination made him a martyr, as the North was united in grief
- Many historians have called Lincoln's funeral the greatest in the history of the United States

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- In celebration of Lincoln's reelection, Lincoln is caricatured as being president "even longer"
- Play on words regarding his height and his length of time in office, as well as reference to his stature or importance as president
- Fun fact: Abraham Lincoln was 6'4". The average height for a man during that time was 5'6"

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- "Columbia," a personification of America, is condemning Abraham Lincoln for the Union casualties of the Cvivil War
- Lincoln's reply refers to a false report that Lincoln had told a joke on the battlefield of Antietam

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- Lincoln wanting to abolish slavery (tree labeled slavery)
- Man clinging to the top of the tree represents the South wanting to keep slavery around

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The Union Must Be Preserved at All Hazards

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The Union Must Be Preserved at All Hazards

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- Made in 1864
- Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McCellan trying to keep a map of the United States from being pulled apart by President Abraham Lincoln and the Confederate president Jefferson Davis
- The cartoon depicts Lincoln and Davis shortsightedly putting their own political goals ahead of the country's well-being
- Lincoln's political goals: abolition
- Davis' political goals: secession