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It is seventy-two years since the first inauguration of a President under our National Constitution. During that period fifteen different and greatly distinguished citizens have in succession ...
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 ...
First Alert 6 onOmaha native and Notre Dame standout Xavier Watts was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2025 NFL Draft on Friday. 10 Now, the future Ohio defensive lineman replaces a legend among ...
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 ...
From Martha Washington, the inaugural First Lady of the United States to ... fashion during the inauguration ceremonies. Mary Todd Lincoln Wife of former President Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd ...
The election of Lincoln prompted the South to begin to withdraw, or secede, from the Union. In his first inaugural address, Lincoln delivered a final plea to the South to remain, but to no avail. War ...
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is set to welcome fans to Lincoln on Saturday for the Husker Games presented by FNBO.
When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before or since. The Civil War had killed over 600,000 Americans, North and South.
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.
He took his oath of office on Lincoln's 1861 inaugural Bible ... Normandy and Khe Sahn"), as Reagan did in his first inaugural, but rejecting the most famous phrase from that speech.
The Lincoln County Public Library will host the inaugural Vernon Tea Party, Saturday, May 3, at 1 p.m. in the Vernon Room of ...