Monday, February 23, 1970

1861: President elect Lincoln arrived in Washington DC




The United States was an angry country when President-elect Lincoln took a train from Illinois to Washington DC to assume the presidency.   


There were threats of secession and war.   It was not a happy time.

On this day in 1861, President elect Lincoln arrived in Washington DC rather than Baltimore.    He was warned about an assassination attempt in Baltimore and reluctantly changed plans.

Two weeks later, he became the 16th president of the US.    

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