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Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015

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Read by David Wales · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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O Captain! My Captain! (poem) by Walt Whitman (2:16)
When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd (poem) by Walt Whitman (16:42)
Lincoln's Last Hours, 1909 address to the Military Order Of The Loyal Legion Of The United States (essay) by Charles A Leale, M.D. (45:25)
Abraham Lincoln - The Oration (eulogy) by Ralph Waldo Emerson (11:28)
Oration Delivered On The Occasion Of The Unveiling Of The Freemen's Monument In Memory Of Abraham Lincoln, In Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C. April 14th, 1876 (essay) by Frederick Douglass (32:58)
Respect For The Memory Of Abraham Lincoln, Resolution Adopted At A Meeting Of Senators And Representatives, April 17, 1865 (essay) by Charles Sumner (4:03)
Promises Of The Declaration Of Independence And Abraham Lincoln, Eulogy On Abraham Lincoln, Before The Municipal Authorities Of The City Of Boston, June 1, 1865 (eulogy) by Charles Sumner, Part 1 (59:29)
Promises Of The Declaration Of Independence And Abraham Lincoln, Eulogy On Abraham Lincoln, Before The Municipal Authorities Of The City Of Boston, June 1, 1865 (eulogy) by Charles Sumner, Part 2 (52:45)
Oration In Union Square, April 25, 1865, At The Funeral Obsequies Of Abraham Lincoln In The City Of New York (eulogy) by George Bancroft (20:03)
Ode For The Funeral Of Abraham Lincoln (poem) by William Cullen Bryant (1:13)
Death Of Abraham Lincoln, Lecture Delivered In New York, April 14, 1879 - In Philadelphia, 1880 - In Boston, 1881 (essay) Walt Whitman (31:45)
A Lincoln Reminiscence (fragment) by Walt Whitman (1:45)
Abraham Lincoln (essay) by Walt Whitman (9:15)
Speech To The Parliament of Great Britain, 1865, by The Right Honorable Sir George Grey (10:24)
Speech To The Parliament of Great Britain, 1865, by The Right Honorable Benjamin Disraeli (3:46)
The Emancipation Proclamation, Washington, D.C., January 1, 1863, by Abraham Lincoln (5:15)
Gettysburg Address, Given November 19,1863, On The Battlefield Near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Abraham Lincoln (2:28)
The Second Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C., March 4th, 1865, by Abraham Lincoln (5:25)