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 ...

Early on, I landed on my top five: Lincoln’s first and second inaugural addresses, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first inaugural address and “Four Freedoms” State of the Union speech and John F.

Last Monday was the most unlucky day in the life of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, thus far ... It was generally believed that his Inaugural Address would be honorably distinguished from those of his ...

Lincoln also called for reconciliation at his first inauguration in 1861, hoping to avoid war. “Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection,” he said ...

See, zoom in on satellite image of inauguration crowd Wearing a navy suit and red tie, Obama repeated the oath of office, his hand on the same Bible used in President Abraham Lincoln's first ...

I did not learn much from those speeches (except for FDR's first inaugural), but I learned a great deal from Lincoln's ten sentences. Now, 47 years later, as another tall, skinny, oratorically ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...