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Ribbon Badge for Members of the Abraham Lincoln Guard of Honor, 1880
1880
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
The Lincoln Guard of Honor was formed in 1880. The organization's stated purposes were to raise funds to purchase and repair Abraham Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois home, collect relics and hold memorial services for the slain president. Privately, the group protected the whereabouts of the body of the president following the failed attempt by grave robbers to steal the corpse in 1876.
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- Title: Ribbon Badge for Members of the Abraham Lincoln Guard of Honor, 1880
- Date Created: 1880
- Location: United States, Illinois, Springfield
- Subject Keywords: Lincoln Guard of Honor, Lincoln Tomb (Springfield, Ill.), Badges, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Honor guards, United States presidents, Grave robbing, Cemeteries
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=125026
- Object Name: Badge
- Object ID: 66.143.44
- Image ID: THF63528
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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