Threats of murder, marches to DC by militia, and kidnapping plots greeted Lincoln’s first inauguration. The tense ceremony, on the eve of Civil War, was held on the east front of the Capitol in ...

Updated at 7:36 p.m. ET on January 17, 2021. When Abraham Lincoln stood on the Capitol steps in March 1865, to swear the oath of office for a second term and to deliver his second inaugural ...

President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural ball was a fête to behold. On the evening of March 6, 1865 (two days after the inauguration), men escorted their ladies, one on each arm—the $10 ...

Lincoln inauguration, March 4, 1861 Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Benjamin B. French Album, LOT 12251 On November 6, 1860, a small group assembled at the east front of the ...

When Mr. Lincoln arrived [in Washington] in advance of the announced time, to escape threatened assassination, he brought his inaugural address with him in print, rather to the annoyance of Mr ...

Description. Author Edward Achorn talked about President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address in Washington, DC. Bell Ringer Assignment. Who were the four famous people at Lincoln’s inauguration?

The phrases “mystic chords of memory” and “better angels of our nature,” among the most memorable words in presidential rhetoric, have been applied to countless situations since Abraham Lincoln first ...

Read Lincoln's first inaugural address. March 4, 1861. Fellow-Citizens of the United States: In compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly ...

The Inaugural Ball hasn't always been a must-see event for First Ladies. Our original First Lady, Martha Washington, skipped her husband's celebration, possibly because she didn't really approve ...