A famous Lincoln speech might bear his fingerprints
When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...
HUGH HEWITT: The return of Donald Trump for his second inaugural address
I hope Donald Trump exudes optimism and hope. I hope that our 47th president will be good-humored in another 'morning in ...
A brief history of presidential inaugural speeches, from George Washington to today
Such speeches strive to reach beyond the immediate situation ... have been applied to countless situations since Abraham ...
The 10 shortest inaugural speeches in US history
Donald Trump's first inaugural address was the shortest in decades, but was no where near the shortest speech.
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The second inaugural we need was delivered 160 years ago
National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the ... inaugural address on the northern one. Lincoln gave that latter speech on the other side of the Capitol ...
Reject Trump’s ‘American carnage’ and choose Lincoln’s ‘better angels’
What Trump did in his first inaugural speech was to paint a picture of a very dark reality, one that included not only ...
The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
In 1983, about 20 years after King's "I Have a Dream" speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third ...
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Bloomington likely first to name street for Abraham Lincoln
“It began at Bloomington Illinois — the little county seat with tree-skirted streets on a gentle hill that Lincoln loved; the scene of his celebrated 'Lost Speech,' the home of Jesse W.