Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.
National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at ... the southern wall and his second inaugural address on the northern one. Lincoln gave that latter speech on ...
When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...
A photograph from an unknown photographer showing participants and the crowd at the first inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol. Credit: Library of Congress Cityscape ...
This year, Inauguration Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20. In honor of the day, you’ll find a collection of stirring Inauguration Day quotes spoken by U.S. presidents or poets during inaugurations dating ...
Abraham Lincoln, 1861: "We are not enemies ... Presidents usually use their inaugural address to remind Americans of the nation’s past, particularly the nation’s founding and the most recent ...
Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...
let’s take a look back tracing the history of First Ladies’ fashion during the inauguration ceremonies. Mary Todd Lincoln Wife of former President Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln is ...
including one used by former President Abraham Lincoln. This striking gesture echoes a precedent set by Obama, who also used two Bibles - including Lincoln's - for his second inauguration in 2013.
8. At Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration in 1865, Black men and women marched in the inaugural parade for the first time. 9. Barack Obama's 2008 inauguration was the largest attendance of any ...
Ahead of Inauguration Day, the minds behind the God Bless the USA Bible released a new product that plays off the Bible’s prominent role in the ceremony. Their Inauguration Day Edition Bible has ...