Lincoln’s second inaugural address is one of the most consequential presidential speeches in U.S. history, both for its eloquence and its impact. At only 703 words, it was the third shortest inaugural ...

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address is a dense, technical affair.

Scott Heckel, a now-retired Repository staff photographer, took this photo in 2020 of the small monument erected in Alliance to honor the short visit to the city by Abraham Lincoln on his way by train ...

Many local residents have heard something about Abraham Lincoln’s so-called “Lost Speech,” delivered in downtown Bloomington on May 29, 1856. Yet most folks don’t know the story about the time when ...

Introduction : The mind of the persuader -- Rhetorical contexts -- The Lyceum address : "On the perpetuation of our political institutions" -- The temperance address : moral reform and emancipation-- ...