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 ...
Read hidden sides of the iconic leader, Abraham Lincoln, who shaped U.S. history. Check the 7 lesser-known Abraham Lincoln ...
President Barack Obama used Abraham Lincoln’s and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bibles at his swearing in ceremony in 2013, two presidents used a chair George Washington sat in at his inaugural and George ...
John Wilkes Booth, who shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln, once reportedly said his worst nightmare was an African-American becoming president of the United States. Well, that nightmare came ...
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 ...