While I was on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, I saw this historical marker which I had not noticed before.
The marker deals with Abraham Lincoln's funeral. After his assassination, the President's remains were transported by train from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois, for interment. Along the way the train stopped at eleven cities. It came to Cleveland on April, 28th, 1865. Unlike the other cities, where the casket lay in state in capitol buildings, city halls and other structures, in Cleveland the body was placed outdoors under a canopy on Public Square. This enabled tens of thousands of people to view the President's remains before continuing on to Columbus. Estimates of the number of mourners in Cleveland who viewed the coffin range from 60,000 to 150,000.
On the internet I found this historic photograph of the canopy that was built for the occasion.
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