National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln ... Instead, he contrasted his second inaugural with his first, given shortly before the war began ...

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 ...

In his first inaugural address, Lincoln delivered a final plea to ... Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the ...

The first two images ... At the bottom of the engraving is the text, “The Inauguration of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Photograph by Mr. J. Wood.” The image was accompanied by an article stating ...

Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 will be an amazing, historic inaugural of the new president. Only the 1789 inauguration of President George Washington and the deeply threatened first inaugural of President ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in ... he was on his way to Washington for his first inauguration (which used to take place in March) as the Civil War was about to begin.

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 ...