Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

A war centered on slavery, on the insistence of Southerners in “wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces,” was inevitable in 1861 ... Lincoln’s speech and Monday’s ...

Complementing this deeply personal text is the iconic Lincoln Bible, a velvet-bound artifact first used in 1861 to inaugurate ... three times since Lincoln's inauguration: by President Obama ...

Images from the inauguration show President Trump did not put his hand on a Bible as he was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. It is not required in the Constitution.

The president-elect eschewed the star-spangled “Trump Bible” in favor of volumes with personal and national history.

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

President-elect Donald Trump will use two Bibles to culminate the 60th Presidential Inauguration. He is not the first to do ...

This year, Inauguration Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20. In honor of the day, you’ll find a collection of stirring Inauguration ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.

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 ...