A scene in front of the East front of the U.S. Capitol is seen during President Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration, 1865, just six weeks before his assassination.

The distance between Lincoln’s speech and Monday’s inauguration felt further than the length of the Mall. It even felt further, somehow, than 160 years. Comments ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...

Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address is widely considered one of the greatest speeches in American political history. Edward's Achorn's book, [Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second ...

The phrases “mystic chords of memory” and “better angels of our nature,” among the most memorable words in presidential rhetoric, have been applied to countless situations since Abraham Lincoln first ...

Lincoln inauguration, March 4, 1861 Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Benjamin B ... “The Inauguration of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Photograph by Mr. J. Wood.” ...

The one used for Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861 will be stacked with a timeworn copy given to Trump by his mother in 1955. Trump inauguration. HAND CURATED. Aaron Blake.

According to NBC News, The Bible from former US President Abraham Lincoln which actually dates back to his first inauguration in the year 1861 has immense historical significance and was ...

On this day in 1861, Lincoln spoke of the nation's future. On Lincoln's birthday in 1861, he was on his way to Washington for his first inauguration (which used to take place in March) as the ...