Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015

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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)

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 O Captain! My Captain! (poem) by Walt Whitman David Wales
00:02:16
Play 02 When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd (poem) by Walt Whitman David Wales
00:16:42
Play 03 Lincoln's Last Hours, 1909 address to the Military Order Of The Loyal Legion Of The United States (essay) by Charles A Leale, M.D. David Wales
00:45:25
Play 04 Abraham Lincoln - The Oration (eulogy) by Ralph Waldo Emerson David Wales
00:11:28
Play 05 Oration 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 Douglass David Wales
00:32:58
Play 06 Respect For The Memory Of Abraham Lincoln, Resolution Adopted At A Meeting Of Senators And Representatives, April 17, 1865 (essay) by Charles Sumner David Wales
00:04:03
Play 07 Promises 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 1 David Wales
00:59:29
Play 08 Promises 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 2 David Wales
00:52:45
Play 09 Oration In Union Square, April 25, 1865, At The Funeral Obsequies Of Abraham Lincoln In The City Of New York (eulogy) by George Bancroft David Wales
00:20:03
Play 10 Ode For The Funeral Of Abraham Lincoln (poem) by William Cullen Bryant David Wales
00:01:13
Play 11 Death Of Abraham Lincoln, Lecture Delivered In New York, April 14, 1879 - In Philadelphia, 1880 - In Boston, 1881 (essay) Walt Whitman David Wales
00:31:45
Play 12 A Lincoln Reminiscence (fragment) by Walt Whitman David Wales
00:01:45
Play 13 Abraham Lincoln (essay) by Walt Whitman David Wales
00:09:15
Play 14 Speech To The Parliament of Great Britain, 1865, by The Right Honorable Sir George Grey David Wales
00:10:24
Play 15 Speech To The Parliament of Great Britain, 1865, by The Right Honorable Benjamin Disraeli David Wales
00:03:46
Play 16 The Emancipation Proclamation, Washington, D.C., January 1, 1863, by Abraham Lincoln David Wales
00:05:15
Play 17 Gettysburg Address, Given November 19,1863, On The Battlefield Near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Abraham Lincoln David Wales
00:02:28
Play 18 The Second Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C., March 4th, 1865, by Abraham Lincoln David Wales
00:05:25