Two weeks after Jefferson Davis was proclaimed president of the Confederacy, President Abraham Lincoln addressed the nation at his inauguration. “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be ...

In the annals of American history, few speeches resonate as powerfully as President Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, delivered on March 4, 1865. This address, given as the nation neared the ...

March 4, 1861 - Nebraska’s Capitol City’s name sake, Abraham Lincoln, gave his first inaugural address on March 4, 1861. In the speech, often called the “most important speech in American history,” as ...

The Inauguration (of President Abraham Lincoln). Washington, March 4 -- The incidents of the day were: The local troops and two companies of Federal troops formed the Presidential escort -- The great ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Sam Waterston read Lincoln's First Inaugural Speech. Historian Susan Schulten discussed how this speech was received in the country and how Lincoln ...

President Barack Obama used Abraham Lincoln’s and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bibles at his swearing in ceremony in 2013, two presidents used a chair George Washington sat in at his inaugural and George ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln ...

MILWAUKEE — Wild game and root vegetables were on the official luncheon menu at Tuesday's presidential inauguration. Both are a nod to President Abraham Lincoln, who favored the simple frontier foods ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992. Scheinman, Muriel, "Art Collecting at the University of Illinois: A History and Catalogue," Ph.D. diss, University of Illinois, 1981, pg. 133-138. One of ...