White Jr. wrote in his 2002 book “Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural.” His address was “the prism through which he himself strained to see the light of God.” Lincoln ...

The Second Inaugural Address of President Donald Trump ... just be referenced as Trump’s Second Inaugural. It was Abraham Lincoln who borrowed from the Book of Proverbs when he described ...

At this second appearing to take the oath of the ... All dreaded it, all sought to avert it. While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the ...

Frederick Douglass called it "a sacred effort," and Lincoln himself thought that his Second Inaugural, which offered a theodicy of the Civil War, was better than the Gettysburg Address.

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.

Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address is considered by many to be the best speech ever given by an American president, even greater than his Gettysburg Address. At what Lincoln called "this ...

On the eve of Trump’s second inaugural address, Americans wonder whether he will follow the path of Jefferson and Lincoln, or whether he will dwell on differences, rehash grievances, and embark ...

Lincoln’s second inaugural address is one of the most consequential presidential speeches in U.S. history, both for its eloquence and its impact. At only 703 words, it was the third shortest ...

Donald Trump was never going to deliver Lincoln’s second inaugural address—no one else has either—but on Monday the 45th and now 47th President delivered a message of aspiration and optimism ...

On the eve of President Trump’s second inaugural address, Americans wonder whether he will follow the path of Jefferson and Lincoln, or whether he will dwell on differences, rehash grievances ...

President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address as the Civil War neared its conclusion set a tone for President-elect Donald Trump to emulate during his second occupancy of the White House ...