Lincoln’s Final Appeal: The Last Speech of Abraham Lincoln

The president’s last speech reached beyond the war to a peace he wouldn’t experience. Despite the misty Washington weather, the White House was bathed in light on April 11, 1865, as thousands assembled to hear the president speak. Throughout the city, bonfires blazed and celebratory rockets whistled. Crowds had gathered here the day before, expecting …

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