Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...

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 ...

The then President-Elect addressed 1,000 people as his train stopped while heading to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration.

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865 ... One appears on the speech’s first paragraph, which begins: “FELLOW COUNTRYMEN.” But examination of the ...

First Ladies' fashion choices at inauguration ... D.C.) Wife of former President Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln is believed to have worn a ball gown with a crinoline skirt.

This striking gesture echoes a precedent set by Obama, who also used two Bibles - including Lincoln's - for his second inauguration ... artifact first used in 1861 to inaugurate Abraham Lincoln ...

A photograph from an unknown photographer showing participants and the crowd at the first inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol. Credit: Library of Congress Cityscape ...

is the one used by Abraham Lincoln at his first inauguration in 1861. President Obama was the first president after Lincoln to use it, in both of his inaugurations. For his second inauguration in ...

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.

When Donald Trump assumes office on Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, he will mark the solemn occasion with an inaugural ... Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln when they assumed ...