WHAT: During this inauguration weekend, it should be interesting to view another swearing in on March 4, 1861. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, took office amid a divided ...

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 ...

LINCOLN — David Gerlach will be inaugurated as Lincoln College's 22nd president on Sunday as part of homecoming activities. Gerlach became president in June following the retirement of John Blackburn, ...

Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural took place in an atmosphere of crisis and foreboding, heightened by the armed troops that patrolled the streets and the Capitol grounds. South Carolina seceded from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used for his swearing in. Obama will be the first president since Lincoln to use that ...