Crowd Mourning Abraham Lincoln's Death, Detroit, Michigan, 1865

Abraham Lincoln's assassination in April 1865 plunged Americans into deep mourning. All over the nation, communities joined in public ceremonies honoring the 16th president. Although a national day of mourning was held on April 19, 1865, Detroit city officials decided to hold theirs on April 25. This photograph shows a large crowd gathered in Campus Martius for the public ceremony.