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 ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

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.

When Donald Trump assumes office on Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, he will mark the solemn occasion with an inaugural ... Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln when they assumed ...

CBS News will carry the Trump Inauguration Day events live, beginning at 9 a.m. ET, across broadcast and streaming platforms.