The Elegant Meal That Was Abraham Lincoln's Last - Chowhound

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Fpg/Getty Images On the evening of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln sat down to eat dinner with his wife Mary at the White House. It was a fairly short meal, lasting from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Had Lincoln known it was to be his final meal, perhaps he might have lingered a bit longer. It was the Christian holy day Good Friday, after all. But they had…