King's "traveling Bible" was provided by his family, while the Lincoln Bible is from the Library of Congress and was used during the 16th president's inauguration on March 4, 1861; Obama also used ...

President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln used at his inauguration when he takes the oath of office in January.. Obama will be the first president since Lincoln to ...

The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced this morning that Barack Obama will be sworn into office on the same Bible used by Abraham Lincoln at his first inauguration in 1861. (Library of ...

When President Barack Obama takes the oath of office on Monday, he'll place his hand on a Bible with deep roots in Alabama. Obama, just like at his first inauguration in 2009, will use a Bible ...

Obama, in fact, twice used the Lincoln Bible — a burgundy, velvet-bound book that was serendipitously used in the 16th president’s inauguration because his “family Bible was packed with ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) President-elect Barack Obama has chosen the Bible used at President Lincoln's first inauguration for his own swearing-in on Jan. 20, inaugural planners announced.

When U.S. Presidents are sworn into office on Inauguration Day, they typically—though not always—take their oaths with a hand on a Bible. When President-elect Donald Trump was first sworn into ...

At his request, President Barack Obama is ending his inaugural oath with: “So help me God.” Those four words are not legally or constitutionally required, unlike other federal oaths that ...

At Inauguration, Trump Will Be Sworn In With Lincoln's Bible, Like Obama Was The Lincoln Bible was purchased for the 1861 inauguration by Supreme Court Clerk William Thomas Carroll.

The Lincoln Bible was used by Presidents Obama and Trump. The Lincoln Bible, which is stored at the Library of Congress , is the one used by Abraham Lincoln at his first inauguration in 1861.

The Lincoln Bible was used by Presidents Obama and Trump. The Lincoln Bible, which is stored at the Library of Congress , is the one used by Abraham Lincoln at his first inauguration in 1861.