L x W (unfolded): 360.7 x 157.5 cm (11 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 2 in.)
L x W (folded, approx.): 61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 in.)
Type:
Exhibitions
Funeral Pall
Object Name:
Funeral Pall
Date:
April 25, 1865
Description:
Black silk cloth used to drape over Lincoln’s coffin while his body lay in state in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 25, 1865. The same cloth later covered the coffin of President James A. Garfield, who in 1881 became the second president to be assassinated.
Credit Line:
Division of Political History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution