The Lincoln Bible was provided during Lincoln’s 1861 inauguration by William Thomas Carroll, clerk of the Supreme Court. That’s because Lincoln’s family Bible was still packed and on its way ...

Mounted cavalry troops lined the streets from the president-elect’s hotel to the Capitol, and sharpshooters stood on rooftops ...

Lincoln spoke 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) as the Civil War was about to begin.

This striking gesture echos a precedent set by Obama, who also used two Bibles for his second inauguration ... is the iconic Lincoln Bible, a velvet-bound artifact first used in 1861 to inaugurate ...