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 ...

More on the unsuccessful plot to kill Lincoln: http://j.mp/VnSZ9g During his inauguration tour in 1861, the president's life was threatened in the city of Baltimore ...

he'll also be repeating it -- by placing his hand on the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln used during the inauguration of 1861. The Constitution does not require presidents to be sworn in on a ...

This striking gesture echos a precedent set by Obama, who also used two Bibles for his second inauguration ... is the iconic Lincoln Bible, a velvet-bound artifact first used in 1861 to inaugurate ...

LAKE CITY — A bronze tablet mounted on red granite will commemorate Abraham Lincoln's 1861 visit to Lake City. The tablet will tell the story of Lincoln's stop at the town's rail depot enroute ...