A photograph from an unknown photographer showing participants and the crowd at the first inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol. Credit: Library of Congress Cityscape ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln ... Instead, he contrasted his second inaugural with his first, given shortly before the war began ...

This striking gesture echoes a precedent set by Obama, who also used two Bibles - including Lincoln's - for his second inauguration ... artifact first used in 1861 to inaugurate Abraham Lincoln ...

let’s take a look back tracing the history of First Ladies’ fashion during the inauguration ceremonies. Mary Todd Lincoln Wife of former President Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln is ...

8. At Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration in 1865, Black men and women marched in the inaugural parade for the first time. 9. Barack Obama's 2008 inauguration was the largest attendance of any ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is ...