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

In his inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1861, Lincoln proclaimed that it was his duty to maintain the Union. He also declared that he had no intention of ending slavery where it existed ...

Complementing this deeply personal text is the iconic Lincoln Bible, a velvet-bound artifact first used in 1861 to inaugurate Abraham Lincoln as the 16th President of the United States.

Presidential inaugurations hold a symbolic place in U.S. history, with the choice of Bible often reflecting personal or national significance.

We copied some days since from the Albany Atlas and Argus, an extract of a speech said to have been made by Mr. LINCOLN in 1858, in which he denounced those States which withheld from the negro ...

He will also use the Lincoln Bible, which was first used for President Lincoln’s 1861 swearing-in and has been used three times since. Former President Obama used it at his two inaugurations ...