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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used for his swearing in. Obama will be the first president since Lincoln to use that ...

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 ...

Ten Southwest High School students and 24 Scott Middle School students will be among the millions of Americans to travel to Washington for the festivities surrounding the inauguration of the nation’s ...

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 ...

MILWAUKEE — Wild game and root vegetables were on the official luncheon menu at Tuesday's presidential inauguration. Both are a nod to President Abraham Lincoln, who favored the simple frontier foods ...