FOLLOWING PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION IN 1865, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, LINCOLN'SBIRTHPLACE, WANTED TO TRANSPORT THE PRESIDENTIAL CASKET IN THE FINEST FASHION POSSIBLE

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Tiếng Anh Đề thi mẫu đánh giá năng lực môn Tiếng Anh trường ĐHQG Hồ Chí Minh

3. Following President Lincoln's assassination in 1865, the state of Illinois, Lincoln's

birthplace, wanted to transport the presidential casket in the finest fashion possible. The

Pullman Pioneer was the most elegant car around; in order to make the Pullman part of the

presidential funeral train in its run from Springfield to Chicago, the state cut down station

platforms and raised bridges in order to accommodate the luxurious railway car.

The Pullman car greatly impressed the funeral party, which included Lincoln's successor as

president, General Ulysses S. Grant, and Grant later requested the Pioneer for a trip from

Detroit to Chicago.