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To: NRx
My (6X) great grandfather was a member of the Honor Guard for Lincoln's funeral as it passed through Philadelphia.
Probably on the one for Grant too.
5 posted on 04/03/2020 12:12:35 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven
My (6X) great grandfather was a member of the Honor Guard for Lincoln's funeral as it passed through Philadelphia.

My mother (born in 1923, now deceased) told about her uncle Bob (born in 1855) who as a boy, claims he climbed a telegraph pole to watch Lincoln’s funeral procession as it passed through Buffalo NY. We once saw a picture in the local historical museum with photos of the event - we did see a shadowy small figure on a telegraph pole in the crowd. Was it him? We like to think so!

8 posted on 04/03/2020 12:24:48 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: oh8eleven
My (6X) great grandfather was a member of the Honor Guard for Lincoln's funeral as it passed through Philadelphia. Probably on the one for Grant too.

I think that is way to many "X"s.

My Great Grandfather fought in the War Between the States.   I have his photograph right here over my desk.   My GGGGF and my GGGGGFs both fought in the Revolutionary War at The Battles of Guilford Courthouse and Kings Mountain.

16 posted on 04/03/2020 2:00:16 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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