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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 Lincoln Inaugural Bible will be on display at the Library of Congress February 12th to May 9th, 2009, as part of an exhibition titled “With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln ...
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.
Barack Obama’s decision to select the same Bible for his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used at his first inauguration in 1861 forges an intriguing connection between these two presidents. It ...
LINCOLN’S BIBLE…. The Politico reported recently that Barack Obama faces a possible “backlash” for his “ostentatious embrace of all things Lincoln.” It looks like the president-elect ...
President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used for his swearing in. Dec. 23, 2008, 10:07 AM EST / Source : The Associated Press ...
WASHINGTON — It is a key part of every U.S. President’s swearing in; the bible that every president places their hand on when taking the oath of office. Lisa Sylvester has been looking at the ...
President Obama says he never compares himself to Abraham Lincoln, but he’ll be sworn in again with President Lincoln’s Bible at his inauguration on Jan. 21. Skip to content. Close.
Barack Obama will take the oath of office using the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln was sworn in on at his first inauguration, marking the President-elect's latest symbolic gesture to follow in ...
Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 5, 1865, two months before his death. Photo: Everett Collection When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, he was certainly not thought of as a man given to ...
President Abraham Lincoln's 150-year-old Bible was gifted to his neighbor, Rev. Noyes W. Miner, by his widowed wife, Mary. Miner's family has passed it down and recently donated it so the public ...
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used for his swearing in. Obama will be the first president since Lincoln to use that ...
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