May 4

On the 4th in 1865, Abraham Lincoln was buried in Springfield, Missouri. Taking into consideration the fact that Honest Abe was assassinated on the 15th of April, in an era that pre-dates reliable refrigeration, my guess is that unless they had a very chilly Spring he was probably just a little bit ripe at the time of the service.
What has come to be viewed as Lincoln’s life work, the abolition of slavery , would become the law of the land when the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States constitution, which abolished slavery, was ratified and become law on December 31, 1865.