A scene in front of the East front of the U.S. Capitol is seen during President Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration, 1865, just six weeks before his assassination.

Abraham Lincoln’s two inaugural speeches were both historic and prophetic. Read some of the highlights of these landmark addresses. Lincoln became president in 1861 as the southern states were ...

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 ...

Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address is widely considered one of the greatest speeches in American political history. Edward's Achorn's book, [Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second ...

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 ...

Lincoln inauguration, March 4, 1861 Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Benjamin B ... “The Inauguration of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Photograph by Mr. J. Wood.” ...

On this day in 1861, Lincoln spoke of the nation's future. On Lincoln's birthday in 1861, he was on his way to Washington for his first inauguration (which used to take place in March) as the ...