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 ...
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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 paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...
Durham Museum offers free admission for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Visitors participated in a number of activities, such as a scavenger hunt, and a special viewing of Dr. King's famous "I have ...
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The Forgotten 75 Million: What Trump Never Mentioned in His Inaugural
This is why another second inaugural address is so extraordinary. Our country was at its lowest point, torn apart by a civil ...
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Why Prayers at Presidential Inauguration Should Not Be Political Endorsements
Americans do not have a king, but do not lack for guidance in the public invocation of religion. Abraham Lincoln showed the ...
Free upgrades and pardon requests: What it’s like to share a name with a president
Plenty of people share names with famous presidents. Donald Trump, a veteran and resident of Alabama, said because of his ...
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Tom Putnam: John F. Kennedy’s call to service and conciliation
JFK’s speech turns 64 years old on Monday. Yet despite its age, and the radically different times in which we live, it reads ...
Presidential inaugurations showcase America's resilience. It's our history. | Opinion
On a blustery March 4, 1841, on the East Portico of the Capitol, William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address in ...
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Buchanan’s driver told him he had made a mess of the presidency [The Scribbler]
It is unlikely that anyone watching Monday’s presidential inaugural will spend much time thinking about the changing of the ...