to walk to the Lincoln Memorial. It sits at one end of the National Mall with the Capitol at the other; had Donald Trump opted to deliver his second inaugural address from the west front of that ...

History buffs might enjoy reading Lincoln's two famous speeches – the Second Inaugural Address and the Gettysburg Address – which are both etched into the memorial's north and south walls ...

Lincoln’s second inaugural came in the waning days of the Civil War and produced a speech that is carved in stone at the Lincoln Memorial ... Lincoln wanted to address what had happened and ...