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 ...

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 ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — After 167 years, President Abraham Lincoln has returned to the park where he gave his only public speech in the state of Michigan. Unveiled at the same time, 2 p.m., place, Bronson ...

Abraham Lincoln, the greatest American president, was also in my view the best of all presidential speechwriters. As a youngster in Lincoln, Nebraska, I stood before the statue of the president ...

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — In solemnity, thousands gathered on a central Pennsylvania battlefield park Tuesday to honor a speech given 150 years ago that President Abraham Lincoln predicted would not be long ...

pt. 1. Political oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War -- pt. 2. Political oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton v. 1. Political oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War -- Argument ...

I spent the bulk of my Friday column summarizing early Republic and antebellum debates on the nature of the American Republic. The arguments run from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the 1790s to ...

Lincoln, several scraps of paper in hand, moved diffidently to center stage. For the first half-hour his speech was slow, mild and conciliatory, his high-pitched Kentucky twang unimpressive. But then, ...

An Abraham Lincoln exhibit at the Springfield museum that bears his name. Champaign County's Abraham Lincoln marker. This bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln was installed on the University of ...

“The old courtroom opposite, shone resplendent in the coruscation (shining) of 11 tallow candles glued on top of the nether sashes of the windows … and where, with no preliminaries or introduction, Mr ...

BLOOMINGTON — Almost 170 years after Abraham Lincoln delivered an impassioned speech against slavery at a political gathering in downtown Bloomington, a new mural within sight of the spot now ...