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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Lincoln's Greatcoat: The Unlikely Odyssey of a Presidential Relic

Lincoln's Greatcoat: The Unlikely Odyssey of a Presidential Relic

Chilton, Reignette G.

Paperback

Presidents & Heads of StateCivil War Period (1850-1877)

ISBN10: 1476674531
ISBN13: 9781476674537
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: May 6 2019
Pages: 207
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.50 Width: 7.00 Depth: 9.90
Language: English

Brooks Brothers crafted Abraham Lincoln's greatcoat in honor of the president's second inauguration. The coat's wool was finer than cashmere. Its quilted silk lining bore an embroidered banner that read, One Country, One Destiny. Lincoln wore the garment when he was assassinated on April 14, 1865. After his death, Mrs. Lincoln gave the greatcoat to a faithful doorkeeper. The coat was returned to Ford's Theatre more than a century after her bequest, but not before it underwent a mysterious journey. This book recounts that journey as a reminder of the 16th president and his call to bind up wounds and care for others.

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