Lincoln Inauguration

Can't Forget About the Present as We Look to Future

Byron Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Byron Williams

The president sought to galvanize the nation around a single vision by using a metaphor from a time when the United States was losing the race to space. But is this really America's "Sputnik moment"?

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What Obama Can Learn from Lincoln's Inaugural

John Stauffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Stauffer

Why did Lincoln defend slavery so vigorously in his inaugural address, thus alienating abolitionists and progressives in his party?

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Photos Found Of Abraham Lincoln's Second Inauguration

LA Times | Johanna Neuman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Library of Congress on Wednesday unveiled three photo negatives -- long mislabeled -- of the crowd that gathered at the Capitol for Abraham Lincol...

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