March 4, 1861 - Nebraska’s Capitol City’s name sake, Abraham Lincoln, gave his first inaugural address on March 4, 1861.

Today is Wednesday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2026. There are 302 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 4, 1865, ...

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 ...

It may not feel or seem like it today, but every four years, for well over a hundred years, March 4th was a big day and a big deal here in the United States. Back in 1789, the Continental Congress ...

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 ...

John Wilkes Booth, who shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln, once reportedly said his worst nightmare was an African-American becoming president of the United States. Well, that nightmare came ...