 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna February 1861, purezidhendi-akasarudzwa, Abraham Lincoln, akauya ku Assembly Room ndokupa hurukuro achienda kunzvimbo yake yokugadzwa muWashington DC. Muna 1865, mutumbi waLincoln wakadzoswa ku Assembly Room pashure pokuurayiwa kwakenokuda kwokuratidzwa pachena kwomuviri wake, munzira yokuenda kunovigwa kwake muSpringfield, Illinois. Nemhaka yokushayikwa kwenguva, chikamu chiduku bedzi chaavo vaida kupfuura pedyo nebhokisi chakakwanisa; mitsetse yokuona bhokisi yakanga isati iri shoma pane yakareba. Kunyange zvakadaro, vanhu vari pakati pe120 000 ne140 000 vakakwanisa kupfuura pedyo nebhokisi rakavhurika uye ipapo bhero, rakaiswa nokungwarira pamusoro waLincoln kuitira kuti vanochema vaverenge mashoko akanyorwa, Zivisai Rusununguko munyika yose kuvagari vayo vose. 