Abraham Lincoln spent his birthday in Cincinnati on Feb. 12, 1861, on his way from Springfield, Illinois, to the nation’s capital for his inauguration. The president-elect didn’t know what ...
More on the unsuccessful plot to kill Lincoln: http://j.mp/VnSZ9g During his inauguration tour in 1861, the president's life was threatened in the city of Baltimore ...
On March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term of office. With the end of the Civil War in sight, and just six weeks before his assassination, Lincoln declared: ...
This striking gesture echos a precedent set by Obama, who also used two Bibles for his second inauguration ... Lincoln Bible, a velvet-bound artifact first used in 1861 to inaugurate Abraham ...
On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for ...
Abraham Lincoln was born on this day ... 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 ...
BRISTOL BOROUGH, PA —It's President Abraham ... Borough on Feb. 21, 1861. On that date, Lincoln was president-elect and headed on his train to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration.