![]() The poet devised his “Death of Lincoln” speech in 1879 to commemorate the April 14-15, 1865, demise of Lincoln. ![]() ![]() They met the challenge goal of completion before Whitman’s May birthday, and indeed by this week’s anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination and Whitman’s famous speech. Launched on April 1, the project was quickly completed through the work of over one hundred volunteer transcribers. Feinberg collection of Walt Whitman Papers. Whitman’s “Death of Lincoln” lecture is at the heart of the newest offering in the Library’s By the People crowdsourcing transcription Walt Whitman Campaign focused on the Speeches portion of the Charles E. “How often since that dark and dripping Saturday -that chilly April day, now fifteen years bygone,-my heart has entertained the dream, the wish,” said Walt Whitman, “to give of Abraham Lincoln’s death its own special thought and memorial.” ![]() The following guest post was written by Barbara Bair, curator of literature, culture, and the arts in the Library’s Manuscript Division. Remembrance: Whitman’s “The Death of Lincoln” and the By the People Whitman Campaign ![]()
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