stackyFACTSMourning in the 1800s was intensely dramatic. Following his assassination, an opulent private locomotive was stripped down, painted completely black, and draped in absurd amounts of dark mourning bunting. It slowly chugged across a grieving nation for thirteen days, essentially acting as a massive rolling casket.
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