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To: Mo1

Wow! I thought it probably carried JFK but not Lincoln. I didn' realize it was that old. Thanks for the answer.


3,293 posted on 06/09/2004 10:53:41 PM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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To: dougherty
I didn't realize it was that old.

It isn't. The caisson only dates back to 1918. I think it is the same one used for JFK, Ike and LBJ (at least). The older connection is the stand on which the coffin sits in the Capital. That dates back to Lincoln. Also, the first Presidential funeral using a riderless horse with backwards boots was Lincoln.

3,297 posted on 06/09/2004 11:00:05 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (I)
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