When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before ...

Lincoln’s second inaugural address is one of the most consequential presidential speeches in U.S. history, both for its eloquence and its impact. At only 703 words, it was the third shortest ...

iReport.com: Hear Douglass's descendants read Lincoln's second inaugural address After an abolitionist lecture tour in Ireland, Scotland and England, Douglass moved his family to Rochester ...

"For too long," says Ronald C. White, Jr., "Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address has lived under the shadow of the Gettysburg Address. And yet Lincoln thought this was his best effort." White does ...

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation presented Sam Waterston with its 18th annual Lincoln Leadership Prize at a ceremony in ...

In March, following Lincoln's second inauguration, first Petersburg and then Richmond finally fall to Grant's army. Lee's tattered Army of Northern Virginia flees westward toward a tiny crossroads ...

His Gettysburg Address (1863) and Second Inaugural Address (1865) are two of his most revered speeches. Lincoln's story is remarkable in many ways, not least his rise from humble beginnings to the ...

Vice President-elect Andrew Johnson was drunk when he was sworn in during his inauguration. Before Abraham Lincoln took to the stage for his second inauguration in March 1865, there was the ...

WASHINGTON — A look at the lineup of official inaugural events surrounding Donald ... Musical Prelude by The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Combined Choirs Prelude: ''The President's Own ...