150th Lincoln Inauguration
- Episode aired Mar 3, 2011
A re-enactment was held to mark the 150th anniversary the previous day of Abraham Lincolns swearing-in as president of the United States on March 4, 1861. After the opening remarks, Lincoln ... Read allA re-enactment was held to mark the 150th anniversary the previous day of Abraham Lincolns swearing-in as president of the United States on March 4, 1861. After the opening remarks, Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer spoke to set the scene.Actor Sam Waterston recited Abraham Lincolns ... Read allA re-enactment was held to mark the 150th anniversary the previous day of Abraham Lincolns swearing-in as president of the United States on March 4, 1861. After the opening remarks, Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer spoke to set the scene.Actor Sam Waterston recited Abraham Lincolns first inaugural address.As was the sequence in 1861, the swearing-in followed the reading ... Read all